The use of decentralized GeneXpert by trained non-laboratory technicians in rural clinics in South Africa

Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2015 Sep;95(5):625-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2015.05.006. Epub 2015 May 22.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Allied Health Personnel / education*
  • Allied Health Personnel / standards
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities / organization & administration*
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities / standards
  • Automation, Laboratory
  • Bacteriological Techniques* / standards
  • Humans
  • Inservice Training* / standards
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques* / standards
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Politics*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Quality Control
  • Quality Indicators, Health Care
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Rural Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Rural Health Services / standards
  • South Africa
  • Time Factors
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology