Table 4 Turnaround time for various steps in diagnosis pathway of patients with presumptive MDR-TB, District Bhopal, India (2014)

Patients with presumptive MDR-TB

770

-

 Days to refer from date of eligibility

353

2 (0,8)

 Days to receive sputum at NRL from referral

315

0 (0,0)

 Days to test at NRL from sputum receipt

310

0 (0,2)

 Days to dispatch result from NRL from testing

304

2 (0,4)

 Days to test at NRL from date of eligibility

310

4 (0,10)