Optimising courier specimen collection time improves patient access to HIV viral load testing in South Africa

• Main Authors: Sarah J. Girdwood (Author), Thomas Crompton (Author), Naseem Cassim (Author), Floyd Olsen (Author), Portia Sejake (Author), Karidia Diallo (Author), Leigh Berrie (Author), Dorman Chimhamhiwa (Author), Wendy Stevens (Author), Brooke Nichols (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: South Africa uses a courier network for transporting specimens to public laboratories. After the daily collection of specimens from the facility by the courier, patients not yet attended to are unlikely to receive same-day blood draws, potentially inhibiting access to viral load (VL) tes...