Blinded rechecking of sputum smear microscopy performance in public health facilities in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia: Retrospective cross sectional study.
Letebrhan Weldemhret TeweldemedhnAtaklti HailuGoyitom GebremedhnHadish BekuretsionGebreselassie AlemsegedGebremicheal GebreegziabherGebrhiwot TesfahuneyTesfaye BerheLemlem LegesseKelali KalayuMesfin TesfayKibrti MehariPublished in: PloS one (2020)
The overall performance of public health facilities for blinded rechecking of smear microscopy was satisfactory. But, the high false positive and false negative errors found calls for continuous evaluation and monitoring of the health facilities by reference center.
Keyphrases
- public health
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- single molecule
- high resolution
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- high speed
- global health
- high throughput
- optical coherence tomography
- healthcare
- study protocol
- cystic fibrosis
- label free
- placebo controlled
- patient safety
- cross sectional
- randomized controlled trial
- emergency department
- clinical trial
- adverse drug
- health information
- mass spectrometry
- double blind
- drug induced