Table 2.
Reasons for low stool adequacy per province, 2019
|
Province |
Reasons for inadequately investigated cases |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Second stool not collected |
Interval between stool is 0 days |
Interval between stools is >48 h |
No stool collected |
Specimen not collected within 14 days of onset |
Stool not on ice |
Total inadequate stools per province (percentages shown represent totals) |
|
|
Eastern Cape |
11 |
0 |
10 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
40 (19.1 %) |
|
Free State |
4 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
15 (7.2 %) |
|
Gauteng |
14 |
3 |
16 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
47 (22.5 %) |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
5 |
2 |
11 |
4 |
19 |
3 |
44 (21.1 %) |
|
Limpopo |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
16 (7.7 %) |
|
Mpumalanga |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
10 (4.8 %) |
|
North West |
7 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
14 (6.7 %) |
|
Northern Cape |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 (1.9 %) |
|
Western Cape |
1 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
19 (9.1 %) |
|
Total |
49 (23.4 %) |
11 (5.3 %) |
61 (29.2 %) |
31 (14.8 %) |
46 (22.0 %) |
11 (5.3 %) |
209 (100 %) |