Table 5 Reasons some health workers gave for not basing prescription on laboratory results
Variable | Frequency (N) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Laboratory not reliable | 47 | 25.27 |
Delay in producing laboratory results | 23 | 12.37 |
Presence of cardinal malaria signs | 49 | 26.34 |
Presence of a “typical” clinical picture of malaria | 15 | 8.06 |
Presence of signs and symptoms of malaria with no suspicion of any other differential diagnosis | 52 | 27.96 |