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Table 1 Participant overview per setting

From: Making HIV testing work at the point of care in South Africa: a qualitative study of diagnostic practices

Setting

Type of participant

No. of interviewed participants (interview code)

Total interviews

No. of FGDs (FGD code)

Urban Public

Urban Private

Rural Public

Rural Private

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TB patients (TB) and diabetic patients (DP), HIV patient (HIV), general OPD patients (OPD)

DP#1, OPD#1, 2, TB#1

0

DP#2,3, HIV#1

0

7

FGD#1_TB, FGD#7_ TB

COMMUNITY

Community Health Worker (CHW); NGO TB coordinator (NGO), NGO nurse (NN)

CHW#1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, NGO#1, 4,5 NN#1, 2,

0

CHW#4, 5, NGO#2, 3

0

18

FGD#2_CHW, FGD#3_CHW, FGD#4_CHW, FGD#6_CHW

CLINIC

Private practitioner (PP); clinic nurse (CN), clinic doctor (CD), Public clinic manager (PCM), Faith healthers (FH)

CD#1, 2, CN#1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, PCM#1, 2, 3,4, 5, FH#1

PP#1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9

CN#4, 5, 6, FH#1

PP#5, 6

27

FGD#5_nurses

PERIPHERAL LAB (stand-alone)

Lab technician (LT); Lab manager (LM); NHLS consultants (NHLS), microbiologist (M)

NHLS#1, 2, LT#1,2, LM#1,2, 9, M#3

M#2, LM#8, 10

M#1, LM#6, 7

0

14

 

PERIPHERAL LAB (attached to clinic)

Lab technician (LT); Lab Manager (LM);

LM#3

0

LM#4, 5

0

3

 

HOSPITAL

Specialist molecular biology (SMB), −chest (SC), −dermatologist (SD),- internal medicine (SI), − infectious diseases (SID), −nutrition, (SN), −research coordinator (SRC), − health economist (SHE),

SMB#1,2, SC#1,2, SRC#1, SD#1, SHE#1, SIM#1, SID#1

0

SN#1

0

10

 

Hospital Manager (HM);

HM#1, 4, 5

0

HM#2, 3

0

5

 

Professional Nurse (PN), Research nurse (RN), Hospital doctor (HD),

RN#1, 2, PN#5, 6, 7, 8, HD#4, 5

0

PN#1,2,3, 4 HD#1,2, 3

0

15

 

DIAGNOSITIC COMPANY

Managers from industry (MI)

MI#1,2

0

0

0

2

 

TOTAL

     

101

7