Table 4 |
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Health worker adherence to malaria diagnostic test results and training instructions in Blantyre, Malawi, 2009 |
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Test results |
Training instructions |
Treated with anti-malarial n/N (%) |
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Sites with local microscopy |
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Microscopy positive, RDT positive |
Treat for malaria |
366/368 (99) |
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Microscopy positive, RDT negative |
Treat for malaria |
283/286 (99) |
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Microscopy negative, RDT negative |
Do not treat for malaria |
34/471 (7) |
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Microscopy negative, RDT positive |
Do not treat for malaria |
83/155 (54) |
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Sites without local microscopy |
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RDT positive |
Treat for malaria |
985/1,005 (98) |
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RDT negative |
Do not treat for malaria |
223/385 (58) |
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RDT = Malaria rapid diagnostic test |
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Chinkhumba et al. Malaria Journal 2010 9:209 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-209 |
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