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Operational Assessment of Point-of-Care Diagnostics in Primary Healthcare Clinics

NCT02692274 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 309

Last updated 2016-02-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Diagnostic point-of-care (POC) tests are being rapidly developed and implemented in resource-limited settings. There has been a rapid rise of HIV and TB POC tests in South Africa during the last 10-15 years. The investigators sought to determine the existing availability, current usage and future need of POC tests among rural primary healthcare (PHC) clinics in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal Province.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • African Population and Health Research Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Washington

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of KwaZulu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tivani P Mashamba-Thompson, Masters · University of KwaZulu

  • Benn K Sartorius, PhD · University of KwaZulu

  • Paul K Drain, MD,MPH · University of Washington

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-30
Primary Completion
2015-08-31
Completion
2016-02-29

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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