Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participating health workers

	Nigeria	Philippines	Uganda	Combined
Total participants	78	75	74	227
Dates	Oct 2009	Oct - Nov 2009	Aug, Nov 2009	---
Health worker category	78 (100%) facility-based clinical staff	75 (100%) village health workers	59 (80%) facility-based clinical staff; 15 (20%) voluntary/community workers	---
Had used any blood transfer device before evaluation date	13 (17%)	8 (11%)	65 (88%)	86 (39%)
Used loop before	0	1 (1%)	65 (88%)	66 (29%)
Used straw-pipette before	0	1 (1%)	21 (28%)	22 (10%)
Used glass capillary before	10 (13%)	3 (4%)	8 (11%)	21 (9%)
Used calibrated pipette before	1 (1%)	3 (4%)	33 (45%)	37 (16%)
Used inverted cup before	2 (3%)	0	0	2 (1%)
Used other device before	0	0	5 (7%)	5 (2%)