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Table 3 Shows the performance of the spot test of community health workers after training on the preparation and interpretation of the Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen tests

From: Integrating use of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen rapid diagnostic tests by community health workers during mass drug administration campaigns to improve uptake of praziquantel treatment among the adult population at Kome Island, North-Western Tanzania: a cluster randomized community trial

Test kit ID

Expert laboratory technician

Community health workers (CHWs)

Total marks for each test kit for CHWs (%)

Positive

Negative

Positive

Negative

122

Positive

 

Positive

 

100

14

 

Negative

 

Negative

100

60

Positive

 

Positive

 

100

d16

Positive

Negative

Positive

 

100

20

Positive

  

Negative

97

53

Positive

 

Positive

 

93

17

Positive

 

Positive

 

100

118

 

Negative

 

Negative

80

93

 

Negative

Positive

 

100

100

New test (unused kit)

New test(unused kit)

70