Introduction: The Appointment Diary for ART Refills is a facility-based tool for tracking the ARV Refill appointment for PLHIV on stable-patient follow-up.
Normal diaries can be used to track ART Refill appointments and should include a minimum of the variables in the sample diary template below. The ADT tool can be customized to capture the variables outlined in the sample diary below. The Appointment Diary for ART Refills can also be combined with the standard clinic appointment diary (e.g. at reception) simply by adding a column to denote that it is a refill appointment instead of a clinical review appointment.
Purpose: It serves as the primary document to track the ARV Refill appointment for PLHIV classified as stable and on long term follow-up. The primary purposes of the appointment diary is to know which patients are expected for ART refills (so their medications can be pre-packed), and to identify any patient who did not pick up their ART refill as expected so that action can be taken.
