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Feasibility of Performing Multiple Point of Care Testing for HIV Anti-Retroviral Treatment Initiation and Monitoring from Multiple or Single Fingersticks

BACKGROUND: Point of Care testing (POCT) provides on-site, rapid, accessible results. With current South African anti-retroviral treatment guidelines, up to 4 fingersticks /patient/clinic visit could be required if utilizing POC. We determined the feasibility and accuracy of a nurse performing multi...

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Autores principales: Gous, Natasha, Scott, Lesley, Potgieter, Joachim, Ntabeni, Lumka, Enslin, Sharon, Newman, Ronel, Stevens, Wendy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3869909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24376873
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085265