CHSE Odisha Voc. PHC & MLT case studies
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The PHC & MLT trade is a vocational subject offered under the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha, at the +2 level. It prepares students for a dual support role in primary health centres: assisting in the pharmacy - receiving, storing and issuing medicines, keeping stock registers and expiry records, and preparing labels and simple dosage calculations - and working as a medical laboratory technician's assistant, collecting, labelling and transporting specimens, maintaining basic equipment, and performing simple tests such as haemoglobin estimation, urine analysis and blood sugar screening. The CHSE Odisha Voc. PHC & MLT case studies are 5 cases and about 3,120 words.
1Needle-stick injury during an antenatal immunization session
At a primary health centre, a 28-year-old staff nurse is vaccinating women during an antenatal session. She gives a TT injection to a 22-year-old woman, withdraws the needle, and tries to recap it.
702 words, about 4 min2Pre-analytical errors in a dehydrated infant's blood samples
An 8-month-old boy with acute diarrhoea and some dehydration is admitted to a PHC. A peripheral IV line is running in his left cubital fossa.
616 words, about 3 min3Cold chain breach and unrecorded vaccine stock at a PHC
On Monday morning, the pharmacy helper at a PHC reviews the vaccine refrigerator. The temperature log shows 9°C from Saturday 2 pm to Sunday 4 am, a 14-hour excursion.
657 words, about 3 min4Paediatric paracetamol dose when several formulations are in stock
A 3-year-old boy weighing 14 kg is brought to a PHC with fever of 39.2°C and mild dehydration. The medical officer diagnoses viral fever and prescribes paracetamol 15 mg/kg per dose every 6 hours for 3 days.
588 words, about 3 min5Confidential HIV screening result at a PHC without a counsellor
A 24-year-old woman, 20 weeks pregnant, attends the PHC for her second antenatal check-up. As part of the ANC profile, a rapid HIV screening test is done and is reactive.
557 words, about 3 min