Table 1. General background and proficiency testing characteristics by tester profession.
| Characteristics | Lay counselors | Nurses | Laboratory personnel | Others | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT1 | PT2 | PT1 | PT2 | PT1 | PT2 | PT1 | PT2 | PT1 | PT2 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Distribution of testers | 101 (36.1) | 185 (38.8) | 117 (41.8) | 160 (33.5) | 46 (16.4) | 106 (22.2) | 16 (5.7) | 26 (5.5) | 282 (100) | 488 (100) |
| Type of Institution | ||||||||||
| Public | 92 (91.1) | 144 (86.2) | 112 (95.7) | 116 (78.9) | 41 (89.1) | 63 (62.4) | 14 (87.5) | 22 (88.0) | 260 (92.2) | 355 (78.7) |
| Faith based | 7 (6.9) | 17 (10.2) | 4 (3.4) | 17 (11.6) | 4 (8.7) | 19 (18.8) | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (6.4) | 54 (12.0) |
| Private | 2 (2.0) | 6 (3.6) | 1 (0.9) | 14 (9.5) | 1 (2.2) | 19 (18.8) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (12.8) | 4 (1.4) | 42 (9.3) |
| Service offered | ||||||||||
| VCT | 51 (50.5) | 51 (28.5) | 23 (19.7) | 18 (11.8) | 1 (2.2) | 5 (5.0) | 2 (12.5) | 3 (11.5) | 78 (27.7) | 78 (16.7) |
| DCT + TB | 3 (3.0) | 12 (6.7) | 20 (17.1) | 10 (6.6) | 4 (8.7) | 1 (1.0) | 2 (12.5) | 3 (11.5) | 29 (10.3) | 26 (5.6) |
| PMTCT | 11 (10.9) | 12 (6.7) | 20 (17.1) | 19 (12.5) | 1 (2.2) | 4 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (11.3) | 35 (7.5) |
| LAB | 1 (1.0) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 31 (67.4) | 34 (34.0) | 3 (18.8) | 0 (0.0) | 36 (12.8) | 36 (7.7) |
| More than 1 or all | 35 (34.7) | 103 (57.5) | 53 (45.3) | 105 (69.1) | 9 (19.6) | 56 (56.0) | 9 (56.3) | 20 (76.9) | 107 (37.9) | 291 (62.4) |
| Location of site | ||||||||||
| Rural | 63 (62.4) | 74 (40.0) | 43 (36.8) | 39 (24.4) | 12 (26.1) | 29 (27.4) | 15 (93.8) | 16 (61.5) | 135 (47.9) | 162 (33.2) |
| Urban | 38 (37.6) | 111 (60.0) | 74 (63.2) | 121 (75.6) | 34 (73.9) | 77 (72.6) | 1 (6.2) | 10 (38.5) | 147 (52.1) | 326 (66.8) |
| Training* | ||||||||||
| HIV Rapid Testing | 118 (66.7) | 81 (55.1) | 35 (74.5) | 12 (54.5) | 248 (62.3) | |||||
| PMTCT | 11 (6.2) | 32 (21.8) | 3 (6.4) | 4 (18.2) | 51 (12.8) | |||||
| Psychosocial counseling | 43 (24.3) | 30 (20.4) | 2 (4.3) | 3 (13.6) | 79 (19.8) | |||||
| Other/no training | 5 (2.8) | 4 (2.7) | 7 (14.9) | 3 (13.6) | 20 (5.0) | |||||
| Time since last training | ||||||||||
| < one year ago | 44 (51.2) | 61 (36.7) | 34 (31.2) | 37 (26.8) | 8 (32.8) | 13 (32.5) | 6 (46.2) | 7 (33.3) | 93 (39.6) | 119 (32.3) |
| > one year ago | 42 (48.8) | 105 (63.3) | 75 (68.8) | 101 (73.2) | 17 (68.0) | 27 (67.5) | 7 (53.8) | 14 (66.7) | 142 (60.4) | 249 (67.7) |
| Visited by trainer | ||||||||||
| Yes | 73 (79.3) | 145 (82.9) | 66 (58.9) | 93 (64.1) | 13 (54.2) | 32 (65.3) | 5 (41.5) | 15 (62.5) | 158 (65.3) | 289 (72.6) |
| No | 19 (20.7) | 30 (17.1) | 46 (41.1) | 52 (35.9) | 11 (45.8) | 17 (34.7) | 7 (58.3) | 9 (37.5) | 84 (34.7) | 109 (27.4) |
| Work experience | ||||||||||
| < one year | 53 (55.8) | 29 (15.9) | 20 (18.2) | 17 (10.8) | 4 (12.1) | 10 (11.6) | 4 (28.6) | 3 (12.5) | 81 (31.9) | 61 (13.3) |
| > one year | 42 (44.2) | 153 (84.1) | 90 (81.8) | 140 (89.2) | 29 (87.9) | 76 (88.4) | 10 (71.4) | 21 (87.5) | 173 (68.1) | 396 (86.7) |
| Perform IQC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 74 (97.9) | 121 (69.9) | 108 (98.2) | 71 (49.0) | 40 (87.0) | 82 (83.7) | 14 (87.5) | 13 (68.4) | 238 (97.9) | 293 (66.3) |
| No | 3 (3.9) | 52 (30.1) | 2 (1.8) | 74 (51.0) | 6 (13.0) | 16 (16.3) | 2 (12.5) | 6 (31.6) | 5 (2.1) | 149 (33.7) |
| DTS Reconstitution* | ||||||||||
| Easy | 133 (84.7) | 132 (95.0) | 103 (100) | 20 (83.3) | 395 (91.4) | |||||
| Difficult | 3 (1.9) | 3 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (16.7) | 10 (2.3) | |||||
| Unable | 21 (13.4) | 4 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 27 (6.3) | |||||
| Timer available | ||||||||||
| Yes | 29 (33.7) | 46 (26.3) | 19 (17.9) | 47 (31.3) | 19 (48.7) | 54 (57.4) | 8 (57.1) | 16 (61.5) | 76 (30.8) | 165 (36.3) |
| No | 57 (66.3) | 129 (73.7) | 87 (82.1) | 103 (68.7) | 20 (51.3) | 40 (42.6) | 6 (42.9) | 10 (38.5) | 171 (69.2) | 290 (63.7) |
| Followed algorithm | ||||||||||
| Yes | 72 (71.3) | 149 (80.5) | 82 (70.1) | 125 (78.1) | 24 (52.2) | 90 (84.9) | 7 (43.8) | 16 (61.5) | 186 (66.0) | 389 (79.7) |
| No | 29 (28.7) | 36 (19.5) | 35 (29.9) | 35 (21.9) | 22 (47.8) | 16 (15.1) | 9 (56.3) | 10 (38.5) | 96 (34.0) | 99 (20.3) |
* Variable not included in PT1