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Table 2 Transit time: Number (%) of the specimen received at CTRL from Mwanza site

From: Reducing delays to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis case detection through a revised routine surveillance system

Year

Specimen

<  3 days

> = 3 days & < 7 days

> = 7 days & < 21 days

> = 21 days

Total

1st IQR

3rd IQR

Median

IQR

2017/2018

After Interventions

Sputum

3 (5%)

18 (29%)

39 (62%)

3 (5%)

63

6

9

7

3

 

Isolate

0 (0%)

30 (25%)

56 (46%)

36 (30%)

122

7

34

10

27

 

Total

3 (2%)

48 (26%)

95 (52%)

39 (21%)

185

6

15

10

9

2016/2017

Before Intervention

Sputum

13 (27%)

4 (8%)

10 (21%)

21 (44%)

48

3

54

12

51

 

Isolate

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0

    
  1. Key: IQR Interquartile range = Third Quartile – First Quartile.