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. 2016 Mar 4;4(2):230. doi: 10.5195/cajgh.2015.230

Table 4:

Percentage of sensitivity and specificity of smear microscopy, by laboratory

Laboratory Number Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Positive Predictive Value (%) Negative Predictive Value (%)

2011 2012 2013 2011 2012 2013 2011 2012 2013 2011 2012 2013
2 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
3 100 100 85.7 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 9903
4 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
5 94.4 96.2 100 99.2 100 100 94.4 100 100 99.2 99.3 100
6 89.5 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 98.4 100 100
7 NA 100 71.4 100 100 100 NA 100 100 100 100 99.3
8 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
9 96.2 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 98.6 100 100
10 78.6 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 96.7 100 100
11 58.3 88.9 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 93.8 99.2 100
12 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
13 80.0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 97.9 100 100
14 87.5 100 80.0 99.4 100 100 87.5 100 100 99.4 100 99.4
15 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
16 NA 100 NA 100 100 100 NA 100 NA 100 100 100
17 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
18 58.3 100 92.3 100 100 99.0 100 100 85.7 97.5 100 99.5
19 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
20 89.7 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.1 100 100
21 100 66.7 90.0 99.6 100 100 85.7 100 100 100 99.3 99.8
22 50.0 82.4 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 97.5 98.0 100
23 100 100 100 97.4 100 98.9 83.3 100 85.7 100 100 100

Regional (95% CI) 88.2 (83.4–92.0) 97.4 (94.7–98.9) 97.2 (94.3–98.9) 99.9 (99.6–100) 100 (99.9–100) 99.9 (99.8–100) 98.1 (95.3–99.5) 100 (98.6–100) 98.8 (96.5–99.7) 99.0 (98.6–99.3) 99.8 (99.6–99.9) 99.8 (99.7–99.9)