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Table 3 Transit time from Mwanza study Non Xpert to Xpert sites in 2017/2018

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

Year

Specimen

<  3 days (%)

> = 3 & < 7 days (%)

> = 7 & 21 days (%)

> = 21 days (%)

Rejected specimens (%)

Total

2017–2018

Sputum

128 (85)

5 (3)

1 (1)

1 (1)

16 (10)

151

Isolate

75 (62)

1 (1)

0

0

46 (37)

122

Total

 

203 (74)

6 (2)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

62 (23)

273

  1. Key: Rejected specimens- leakage or empty container received