Table 2 Distribution of participants with correct responses (N = 200)

 1

Blurry vision (False)

 2

Coughing for longer than 2–3 weeks (True)

 3

Coughing up blood (True)

 4

Ear pain (False)

 5

Fever (True)

 6

Memory loss (False)

 7

Night sweats (True)

 8

Pain with urination (False)

 9

Watery eyes (False)

 10

Weight loss (True)

 11

TB can be spread to others through semen or vaginal fluid (False)

 12

TB can be spread to others through the air (True)

 13

TB can be spread to others through contact with blood (False)

 14

Patients with TB disease can infect other people by coughing (True)

 15

Patients with TB disease can infect other people by sharing food (False)

 16

Patients with TB disease can infect other people by talking or singing (True)

 17

Patients with TB disease can infect other people by sneezing (True)

 18

Patients with TB disease are more likely to infect others if they cough up a lot of sputum (True)

 19

Treating TB patient with the right drugs does not affect how infectious they are (False)

 20

Healthcare workers in the outpatients clinic have the same risk of getting TB as any other person (False)

 21

An HIV-positive person has the same risk of getting TB as an HIV-negative person (False)

 22

An HIV-positive staff member cannot get sick with TB if they practise TB infection control measures (False)

 23

It is alright for HIV-positive staff who are healthy to work in TB high risk areas of the hospital (False)

 24

When entering the outpatients clinic, every patient should be asked if they are coughing (True)

 25

Patients who are identified as presumptive TB cases should not be separated from other patients in the waiting area as this will be seen to be discriminating against them (False)

 26

A coughing/sneezing patient should be instructed to cover their mouth with a handkerchief, tissue or their arm while coughing/sneezing (True)

 27

If coughing/sneezing TB patients or presumptive cases use handkerchief or tissue to cover their mouth while coughing or sneezing, that is usually enough to protect the healthcare worker (False)

 28

If a coughing patient has not been diagnosed as a case of TB, it is not necessary to instruct them to cover their mouth while coughing (False)

 29

A coughing patient should be instructed to collect a sputum sample in the clinic toilet (False)

 30

Opening windows in a room with a coughing patient has no effect on the spread of TB (False)

 31

If a fan is used in a room, opening windows will not provide additional benefits for TB infection control (False)

 32

The windows in a room where there is a TB patient should not be opened because they have to be hidden from other people (False)

 33

Presumptive TB cases in the waiting area should wait just as long as everyone else, and should not be rushed through the queue (False)