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Table 4 Common errors by HW participating to the external quality assessment according to the health facility (HF) hierarchy

From: SMS photograph-based external quality assessment of reading and interpretation of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Type of error

Photograph

Line

Referral Hospital a

Referral Health Center

Health Center

Health Post

Other HF b

C

Pan

P.f.

(n = 643)

(n = 248)

(n = 1121)

(n = 118)

(n = 214)

Faint and weak lines overlooked

A

+

-

F

23.5

29.0

31.3

62.7

15.4

D

+

F

S

20.1

26.6

29.3

21.2

9.8

F

+

-

W

2.8

4.4

3.9

1.7

1.4

G

+

F

-

5.8

8.9

7.3

7.6

8.9

Failure to distinguish th correct Plasmodium species

D

+

F

S

3.4

3.6

3.7

4.2

1.4

F

+

-

W

4.5

7.7

9.1

6.8

3.3

H

+

-

M

3.7

7.7

4.9

7.6

1.9

I

+

S

S

3.3

4.0

4.1

0.8

0.9

Missing negative test

B

+

-

-

9.0

8.1

10.7

8.5

12.1

E

+

-

-

12.9

9.3

13.7

8.5

9.8

Missing invalid test

C

-

-

-

6.8

6.0

10.8

5.1

5.1

J

 

-

S

16.0

32.3

27.0

27.1

16.4

  1. The proportions present the % of HW who made errors.
  2. Abbreviations and symbols: C control line, Pan Plasmodium spp. (all four species), P.f. Plasmodium falciparum, negative (no line present), + positive (visible control line present), F faint positive line intensity compared to the control line, M medium positive line intensity compared to the control line, W weak positive line intensity compared to the control line, S strong positive line intensity compared to the control line.
  3. aIncluded 2 HW from provincial reference laboratories.
  4. bOther HF included private laboratories and training institutes.