The use of Fionet technology for external quality control of malaria rapid diagnostic tests and monitoring health workers' performance in rural military health facilities in Tanzania.
Akili K KalingaDeus S IshengomaReginald KavisheLucky TemuChristopher MswanyaCharles MwanzivaErick J MginaSarah ChiduoLucas MahikwanoSaidi MgataLalaine AnovaGeorge AmooEyako WurapaBrian VeselyEdwin KamauMark HickmanNorman WatersMara Kreishman-DeitrickRobert ParisColin OhrtPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Fionet technology enabled remote monitoring of RDT quality issues, identifying reasons contributing to laboratory personnel making errors and provided a rapid method to implement corrective actions at remote sites to improve malaria diagnosis and consequently improved health care management of febrile patients infected with malaria.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- quality control
- plasmodium falciparum
- public health
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- health information
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- south africa
- patient safety
- risk assessment
- health promotion
- quality improvement
- social media
- quantum dots
- urinary tract infection
- patient reported
- sensitive detection