TABLE 5.

Improvements in Early Infant Diagnosis, Timely Return of Test Results, and Antiretroviral Initiation From Baseline to Endline After Implementing a Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach, Zambia

	Indicators	Baseline Jan. 2016–Dec. 2016	Implementation Mar. 2017–May 2018	Endline Mar. 2018–May 2018	Change Base to End
EID testing	HEIs who received EID DBS at <8 weeks of age, %	77	84	89	12
	HEIs who received EID DBS at >8 weeks of age, %
Return of test results	HEIs tested who were identified as infected, %	3	3	2	−1
	HEIs identified as infected who received their results, %	44	86	79	35
	Mean time between positive EID DBS result and initiating ART, days	48	14	9	−39
ART initiation	HIV-infected infants initiated on ART, %	44	83	80	36
	HIV-infected infants initiated on ART the same day positive test were received, %	12	18	11	−1
	HIV-positive infants initiated on ART within 2 weeks of receiving positive test results, %	23	61	71	48

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; DBS, dried blood sample; EID, early infant diagnosis; HEI, HIV-exposed infant; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.