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| Title |
Novel methodology to assess sputum smear microscopy quality in private laboratories
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-331 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Andrew J Codlin, Mona Javaid, Fahad Qazi, Mishal S Khan |
| Abstract |
In South Asia, it is estimated that 80% of patients choose to attend a private facility for their healthcare needs. Although patients generally believe that the private-sector provides high quality services, private diagnostic laboratories are largely unregulated and little is known about the accuracy of results provided. This study assesses the accuracy of sputum smear microscopy for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in private laboratories operating in Karachi, Pakistan. A novel evaluation methodology was designed in which patient-actors submitted sputum specimens spiked with cultured Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) for testing such that laboratories were not aware that they were being assessed. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 44 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 43 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 16% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 20% |
| Unknown | 5 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 34% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 14% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 18% |
| Unknown | 7 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 February 2022.
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#2,755,757
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#844
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#28,101
of 277,026 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#9
of 141 outputs
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