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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 9.
Published in final edited form as: South Afr J HIV Med. 2012 Sep;13(3):138–143.

Table 1.

Definition of study participants, data sources and activities reviewed

Definition Source TB and HIV activities
performed
Reviewed (N)
HCT clients Clinic clients with record of HIV test HCT register
Medical file
Intensified TB screening
Staging by CD4 count
1 104
PLWH encounters Clinic visits by PLWH Electronic HIV database
TB case identification register
Intensified TB screening
Referral for TB investigation (if symptomatic)
6 157
TB suspects Clinic client with record of diagnostic sputum investigation TB case identification register
HCT register
Medical file
Diagnostic assessment of TB suspect
HCT
CPT and ART (if eligible)
602
TB patients starting
TB treatment
Clinic client with TB start date during the study period TB treatment register
TB clinic file
HCT
CPT
Staging by CD4 count
ART if eligible
208

HCT = HIV counselling and testing; PLWH = people living with HIV; CPT = cotrimoxazole preventive therapy; ART = antiretroviral therapy; TB = tuberculosis.