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Clinic flow for STI, HIV, and TB patients in an urban infectious disease clinic offering point-of-care testing services in Durban, South Africa
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 describe c...
Autores principales: | Stime, Katrina J., Garrett, Nigel, Sookrajh, Yukteshwar, Dorward, Jienchi, Dlamini, Ntuthu, Olowolagba, Ayo, Sharma, Monisha, Barnabas, Ruanne V., Drain, Paul K. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5948731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29751798 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3154-2 |
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