Table 2 Discordant results between participated laboratories and APHI malaria slide readers in each round of EQA from July 2017 to July 2019, west Amhara, Ethiopia
Round | Number of collected slides | Agreed Result N (%) | Total Discordant N (%) | False positive N (%) | False negative N (%) | Species mis-diagnosis N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | 826 | 757 (91.65) | 69 (8.4) | 17 (2.1) | 11 (1.3) | 41 (5.0) |
R2 | 879 | 783 (89.08) | 96 (10.9) | 9 (1.0) | 8 (0.9) | 79 (9.0) |
R3 | 896 | 795 (88.73) | 101 (11.3) | 17 (1.9) | 15 (1.7) | 69 (7.7) |
R4 | 840 | 796 (94.76) | 44 (5.2) | 6 (0.7) | 7 (0.8) | 31 (3.7) |
R5 | 811 | 781 (96.30) | 30 (3.7) | 9 (1.1) | 6 (0.7) | 15 (1.8) |
R6 | 807 | 723 (89.59) | 84 (10.4) | 9 (1.1) | 14 (1.7) | 61 (7.6) |
R7 | 814 | 761 (93.49) | 53 (6.5) | 13 (1.6) | 13 (1.6) | 27 (3.3) |
R8 | 816 | 750 (91.91) | 66 (8.1) | 13 (1.6) | 13 (11.6) | 40 (4.9) |
Total | 6689 | 6146 (91.88) | 543 (8.12) | 93 (1.4) | 87 (1.3) | 363 (5.4) |