Table 3.

Time and motion data for patients receiving TB screening services

INTERVAL	N	Mean (SD)	Median	Min	Max
Time waiting before clinic opening	17	0:13 (0:40)	0:00	0:00	2:30
Time waiting for chart	9	0:51 (0:22)	0:50	0:11	1:13
Time waiting for sputum collection	9	0:31 (0:09)	0:32	0:11	0:43
Time waiting for sputum results	6	4:16 (0:24)	4:12	3:56	4:52
Time waiting for nurse or doctor	4	1:08 (0:33)	1:02	0:35	1:53
Time with nurse or doctor	4	0:09 (0:04)	0:08	0:06	0:16
Total time in clinic	4	6:56 (0:54)	7:13	5:39	7:38
% of time receiving care	–	2%	–	–	–

Patients being screened for TB gathered charts with STI patients and then went to a separate queue for sputum collection. Times are reported in hours and minutes (hours:minutes). Four of ten patients screened for TB were asked to return the following day for results and are not included in the total time in clinic