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Table 3 A comparison of blood smear preparation and interpretation capacity among the staff from different levels

From: The challenge of maintaining microscopist capacity at basic levels for malaria elimination in Jiangsu Province, China

  

Number of microscopists

Average scores

  

County CDC

County hospital

Township hospital

Interpreting smear

Making smear

Educational background (degree)

Bachelor’s

3

3

4

84.00

98.03

College diploma

1

0

12

62.15

94.00

Specialized secondary school

4

5

20

62.69

87.99

Age (years)

< 30

0

0

7

54.57

92.83

30–39

1

2

10

70.46

93.46

40–49

4

2

7

75.67

97.00

> 50

3

4

13

63.00

85.39

Work experience (years)

< 5

2

4

19

66.88

89.93

6~ 14

2

4

4

66.00

92.18

> 15

4

0

13

66.71

92.17