Quality assurance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests used for routine patient care in rural Tanzania: microscopy versus real-time polymerase chain reaction

Table 1 Summary of all samples collected from 12 health facilities, in Iringa and Mufindi District Councils (DC)

District	Name of Health facility	Expected samples	Total RDT	Total BS1	Total BS2	Total DBS
Iringa DC	Idodi Health Center	200	164	164	164	161
Iringa DC	Ifunda Dispensary	200	196	195	196	156
Iringa DC	Ilambilole Dispensary	200	185	180	170	156
Iringa DC	Kimande Health Center	200	195	158	194	166
Iringa DC	Tosamaganga Hospital	200	158	88	109	115
Iringa DC	Mlowa Dispensary	200	160	156	156	158
Mufindi DC	Igomaa Dispensary*	200	92	92	91	91
Mufindi DC	Kibao VA Health Center**	200	154	154	154	76
Mufindi DC	Mafinga Hospital	200	161	161	142	118
Mufindi DC	Malangali Health Center**	200	152	140	55	101
Mufindi DC	Sadani Health Center*	200	60	60	60	59
Mufindi DC	Usokami Health Center	200	162	162	159	149
Total		2400	1839	1710	1650	1506***

* Some samples had identical unique ID’s, hence removed from the analysis.
** Some samples were not sent for reference reading and/ or further analysis in Dar es Salaam.
*** DBS were not available from every sample.

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