External quality assessment of malaria microscopy diagnosis among public health facilities in West Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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Manamnot Agegne Emiru¹  Zelalem Dessie Gelaw¹  Melashu Balew Shiferaw¹  Mastewal Worku Lake¹  Mulatu Melese Derebe¹  Hiwot Amare Hailu²  Leykun Demeke³ 

[1] Amhara Public Health Institute;Ethiopian Public Health Institute;International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Columbia University;

关键词: Malaria;    External quality assessment;    Amhara Public Health Research Institute;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-017-3080-0

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Objective To evaluate the importance of external quality assessment program on malaria microscopic diagnosis. Results A total of 3148 slides were collected in 4 consecutive external quality assessment rounds and blindly rechecked at Amhara Public Health Institute. The average agreement between health facility and APHI slide readers was 96.6%. The percent agreement for parasite detection and species identification for P. falciparum became improved in four consecutive EQA rounds from 93.88 to 99.24% and 92.67 to 97.35% respectively. The rates of false positive and false negative were also dramatically decreased in each round from 10.5 to 0.79% and 2.14 to 0.74% respectively. Therefore, we recommend that malaria EQA program should maintain and expand in all malaria diagnostic health facilities in the region to provide accurate and reliable malaria microscopic service.

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