Table 1.
Facility | Turnovera | Volumeb | Testing at baselinec | SSIs | FGDs | |||
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HIV | Syphilis | Malaria | Hbd | |||||
1 | Low | High | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 1 F nurse, 1 M nurse | group 1: n = 5; group 2: n = 12 |
2 | Low | Medium | Yes | No | Yes | No | 1 F nurse, 1 M nurse | group 1: n = 9; group 2: n = 9 |
3 | Low | Medium | Yes | No | No | No | 1 F nurse, 1 M nurse, 1 M clinical officer | group 1: n = 10 |
4 | Medium | Low | Yes | No | No | No | 2 M nurses | group 1: n = 10 |
5 | Medium | Low | Yes | No | Yes | No | 1 F nurse, 1 M nurse, 1 M HTC |
group 1: n = 9; group 2: n = 10 |
6 | Low | Medium | Yes | No | No | No | 1 F nurse, 1 M nurse | group 1: n = 12; group 2: n = 13 |
7 | High | High | Yes | No | No | Yes | 1 F nurse, 1 M nurse, 1 F HTC, 1 F lab tech |
group 1: n = 11; group 2: n = 8 |
aTurnover of staff categorized into low, medium, and high defined as having 2, 1, and 0 skilled healthcare workers who received training at the start of the programme and remained for all 8 months of implementation respectively
bFacility volume was categorized as low, medium, and high for < 30, 30–40, and 50–70 monthly ANC visits respectively
cAll 7 facilities’ routinely conducted HIV testing, 2 conducted anaemia testing irregularly, and 3 conducted malaria testing irregularly for ANC
dHaemoglobin test for anaemia
M male; F female; HTC HIV testing counsellor; lab tech laboratory technician; Hb haemoglobin; ANC antenatal care