New Policies, New Technologies : Modelling the Potential for Improved Smear Microscopy Services in Malawi

New Policies, New Technologies : Modelling the Potential for Improved Smear Microscopy Services in Malawi

BACKGROUND: To quantify the likely impact of recent WHO policy recommendations regarding smear microscopy and the introduction of appropriate low-cost fluorescence microscopy on a) case detection and b) laboratory workload. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: An audit of the laboratory register in an ur...

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Main Authors: Ramsay, A., Cuevas, L. E., Mundy, C. J., Nathanson, C. M., Chirambo, P., Dacombe, R., Squire, S. B., Salaniponi, F. M., Munthali, S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Clinical chemistry
Female
Humans
Hospital laboratories
Light
Malawi
Male
Fluorescence microscopy
Sputum
Time Factors
Tuberculosis
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5127

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