Investigating the quality of HIV rapid testing practices in public antenatal health care facilities

South Africa
Health Systems Research Unit

Duduzile F. Nsiband, Selamawit A. Woldesenbet, Adrian Puren, Peter Barron, Vincent I. Maduna, Carl Lombard, Mireille Cheyip, Mary Mogashoa, Yogan Pillay, Vuyolwethu Magasana, Trisha Ramraj, Tendesayi Kufa, Gurpreet Kindra, Ameena Goga, Witness Chirinda

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test_c_5_4 (test_c_5_4)

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Value	Cases
0	1	1%
3 drops buffer	1	1%
3 drops used with buffer	1	1%
Abon used not correct of amount	1	1%
Advance Quality not Abon	1	1%
Advance number of drops of blood is incorrect	1	1%
All correct on abon but advanced not correct	1	1%
Correct amount of blood on abon,but not correct amount of buffer	1	1%
Correct amounts for advanced and on Abon correct amount of blood not buffer	1	1%
Disposal of waste, timer, and disposal if waste is not done accordingly.	1	1%
Drooping is incorrect.	1	1%
Dropping number of drops and timer	1	1%
Drops mixed	1	1%
Drops of blood for Abone not used correctly	1	1%
Drops of blood not accurate.	1	1%
Drops of blood not enough	1	1%
Drops of blood were incorrect, drops of buffer were incorrect	1	1%
Everything was good but she gave results before 15 minutes	1	1%
For Abon tester used 1 drop blood and 1 drop buffer	1	1%
For Advance quality used 2drops bloods and one of buffer	1	1%
For advance quality put one drop of buffer and 2 drops of blood	1	1%
He puts 1 drop of blood drop of buffer for Abon	1	1%
If the person test positive on screening test, before the reading completes she opens confirmatory and do it. Then the results are shown simulteheously she said to save time	1	1%
Inconsistent adherence to all testing procedures on advanced quality not the correct amount of blood and buffer	1	1%
More than a drop of blood for advanced and 1 drop buffer, dont use Abon	1	1%
No accordingly to manufacturers instruction.	1	1%
No accuracy with pipette use	1	1%
No because timers are not used.	1	1%
No time the drops of buffer and blood not accurate.	1	1%
Non adherence to all testing procedures	1	1%
Not accurately followed	1	1%
Not confirming a positive result	1	1%
Not correct amount of blood and buffer on both test kits	1	1%
Not doing QC	1	1%
Not drooping full drops and timers are not working	1	1%
Not really, they sometimes wait for 5 to 10 minutes to read results for Advanced Quality	1	1%
Not settings time allows for under timing or overtiming of test.	1	1%
Not the correct amount of buffer and blood on both test kits	1	1%
Not time, and buffer drops incorrect	1	1%
Not timers	1	1%
Number of drops incorrect	1	1%
On Abon correct everythinh but on advanced incorrect drop of blood	1	1%
On advance quality yes but on Abon	1	1%
On advanced all correctly taken, but abon neither amounts taken correctly	1	1%
On advanced quality everything was wrong but on Abon correct everything	1	1%
On advanced quality wrong amount of blood	1	1%
On advanced quality wrong everything blood buffer and time waited and on Abon correct everything	1	1%
On advanced quality yes but on abon incorrect amount of buffer and blood	1	1%
On the advanced quality wrong amount of buffer and blood, and on Abon correct amount of buffer and blood,	1	1%
Only followed on ABON, not on Advanced Quality	1	1%
Only on Abon not on advanced quality	1	1%
Only on Abon they used correct amount of buffer and blood on Advanced not correct amount of buffer and blood	1	1%
Only on Advanced quality not not on Abon	1	1%
She did not throw the shaps but she put it on the table	1	1%
She dont follow testing procedures	1	1%
She puts 2 drops of blood & 2 drops of buffer for Advanced Quality test	1	1%
She switched equipment and used advanced quality buffer on both test kits	1	1%
She used correct amount of buffer and blood on advanced, but abon she only used 1 buffer	1	1%
Sometimes	1	1%
Test kit in the sharps container, speciment not labelled	1	1%
Test kits out of stock. The interviewee could not demonstrate, when i asked him to explain. His interview, no correct drops of blood, buffer and time.	1	1%
Testing procedure not adequately followed	1	1%
Testing procedures are not adequately followed	2	2%
Testing procedures are not followed adequately	1	1%
Testing procedures followed only for Abon not for advanced quality	1	1%
Testing procedures inconcistent followed	1	1%
Testing procedures not adequately followed	5	5%
Testing procedures not adequately followed on advanced quality but on Abon adequately followed	1	1%
Testing procedures not followed adequently	1	1%
Testing procedures not follwed adequately not waiting the correct time and not using the correct amount of blood and buffer	1	1%
Testing procedures only adequately followed on ABON not on Advanced Quality	1	1%
The counselor was unable to time the test	1	1%
The other Tester said she puts one drop of blood and one drop of buffer when using Advanced Quality	1	1%
The sister was in a hurry she just told us what she do, she did not demonstrate	1	1%
They don't know how to set timers	1	1%
They dont, she runs/do both tests at once for all clients she test and wait 7 minutes for both tests	1	1%
They wait 10 minutes for Advanced Quality	1	1%
Time 30 min, mixing of D Blood and S Buffer	1	1%
Time and number of drops	1	1%
Time was not demonstrated accurately, e.g, 30 min waiting time for Advance Quality.	1	1%
Time, there say 15 min for Advance, and 10 min for Abon, but number of drops are not correct.	1	1%
Timer not working and drops of blood and buffer are not correct	1	1%
Timers are not available	1	1%
Times not accurate, even drops of blood and buffer	1	1%
Too much blood used	1	1%
Unsure of testing procedure	1	1%
Used correct buffer on advanced but Abon incorrect of buffer	1	1%
Wait less than 15 minutes to give results	1	1%
Wrong amount of blood drops	1	1%
blood and buffer drops are not accurate	1	1%
drooping not done accurately	1	1%
drooping of blood and buffer not accurately done	1	1%
drops of blood not accurate	1	1%
no timers	1	1%
timers and drooping not done accurately	1	1%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.