External quality assessment to support the WHO ProSPeRo study for the evaluation of two dual HIV/syphilis point-of-care tests in seven countries.

Weiping CaoYetunde F FakileMayur R ShuklaKevin PettusKathryn LupoliJaeyoung HongAllan PillayRanmini KularatneHicham OumzilValeska PadoveseNigel SherriffIsaac SSewanyanaSilver K VargasAntonella ZorziKarel BlondeelIgor ToskinEllen N Kersh

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2024)

Overall, laboratories demonstrated high EQA performance in this study. Both HIV/syphilis POCTs gave expected results in the clinic-based evaluations using DTS. However, testing errors were identified in a few testing sites suggesting the necessity for continuous training and monitoring the quality of POC testing.

Keyphrases

human immunodeficiency virus
men who have sex with men
antiretroviral therapy
hiv positive
hiv testing
hiv infected
hiv aids
primary care
emergency department