Table 2.

Completion of correct steps in performing an RDT

Measure	% Group 1 (4-year experience) n = 23	% Group 2 (1-year experience) n = 13	% Overall, n = 36
Overall scores (out of 13)
VHWs with score of 13	39	38	39
VHWs with score of 12	30	46	36
VHWs with score of 11	22	15	19
VHWs with score of 9 or 10	9	0	6
VHWs’ completion of each step
Assembles packet, buffer, swab, and lancet	100	100	100
Checks expiry date of test package	61	54	58
Removes contents of test package	100	100	100
Puts on a new pair of gloves	87	92	88
Selects the 4th finger of the left hand and cleans with alcohol	96	100	97
Uses sterile lancet to puncture finger	100	92	97
Discards lancet in sharps bin promptly	96	100	97
Collects blood with an enclosed capillary tube	100	100	100
Uses the capillary tube to blot blood in sample well	96	100	97
Discards capillary tubes/loops in the sharps box	91	92	92
Dispenses buffer into the sample well	91	100	94
Waits 15 minutes before reading results	96	100	97
Disposes of other materials in non-sharps garbage	83	92	86

RDT = rapid diagnostic test; VHW = village health worker.