Early Infant Diagnosis Sample Management in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe, 2017.

Hamufare MugauriOwen MugurungiAddmore ChadambukaTsitsi Patience JuruNotion Tafara GombeGerald ShambiraMufuta Tshimanga

Published in: AIDS research and treatment (2018)

Sample rejections could have been averted through SOP adherence. Ineffective supervision, exacerbated by delayed communication of rejections, extended EID delay, disadvantaging potential ART beneficiaries. Following this study, enhanced quality control through perstage evaluations was recommended to enhance DBS sample quality.

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