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From: Leveraging gains from African Center for Integrated Laboratory Training to combat HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa

Fig. 2

Improvements in CQI indicators for 450,000 specimens tested in 20 countries following ACILT’s training. a: Average number of standard operating procedures added or modified in participant’s laboratory six months before and after attending courses at ACILT. b: Repeat testing assays at least 25% of the time (rarely) due to poor or failed results, six months before and after attending courses at ACILT. Responders who rarely repeated genotyping assay due to poor/failed PCR results and sequence quality. This question was not administered for VL/EID courses. c: Reported average Turnaround time (TAT) to deliver results in days, six months before and after attending course at ACILT. TAT was measured from time of collection of specimens to return of result. d: Corrective action taken following proficiency testing (PT) scores less than 80%, six months before and after attending courses at ACILT. This indicator was measured in Likert scale as always (100%), usually (75%), sometimes (50%), rarely (25%), never (0%), representing frequency of corrective action for less than satisfactory (80%) PT results

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