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Table 2 Top five tests per age group, 2017- 2020

From: Evaluating patient data quality in South Africa’s National Health Laboratory Service Data Warehouse, 2017-2020: implications for monitoring child health programmes

Rank

Ages (% of tests in age group)

 

< 7 days

7 days – < 3 months

3 months – < 2 years

≥ 2 years

1

HIV-1 Qualitative PCR (8.70%)

HIV-1 Qualitative PCR (7.31%)

Potassium (5.22%)

Creatinine (9.03%)

2

Total Bilirubin (5.75%)

Sodium (4.53%)

Sodium (5.19%)

HIV Viral Load (4.47%)

3

Conjugated Bilirubin (5.06%)

Potassium (4.48%)

Urea (5.16%)

Potassium (4.18%)

4

C-reactive Protein (4.43%)

Urea (4.45%)

Creatinine (5.14%)

Urea (4.11%)

5

Full Blood Count (4.25%)

Creatinine (4.34%)

Full Blood Count (4.49%)

Sodium (4.00%)