Clinic flow for STI, HIV, and TB patients in an urban infectious disease clinic offering point-of-care testing services in Durban, South Africa

• Autores principales: Katrina J. Stime (Autor), Nigel Garrett (Autor), Yukteshwar Sookrajh (Autor), Jienchi Dorward (Autor), Ntuthu Dlamini (Autor), Ayo Olowolagba (Autor), Monisha Sharma (Autor), Ruanne V. Barnabas (Autor), Paul K. Drain (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Many clinics in Southern Africa have long waiting times. The implementation of point-of-care (POC) tests to accelerate diagnosis and improve clinical management in resource-limited settings may improve or worsen clinic flow and waiting times. The objective of this study was to de...