Table 5.

Classification errors of AFB panel test slides reading status of laboratory professionals among the peripheral laboratories from December 2011 to December 2012

Panel slides		Number of slides read	Error result: N (%)
			QE	LFN	LFP	HFP	HFN	Total errors
Un stained slides	No AFB	40	0 (0)	0 (0)	8 (20)	3 (7.5)	0 (0)	11
	AFB positive	40	0 (0)	6 (15)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	6 (15)
	Total	80	0 (0)	6 (7.5)	8 (10)	3 (3.75)	0 (0)	17 (25.25)

HFN high false negative, HFP high false positive, QE quantification error, LFN low false negative, LFP low false positive