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Table 4 Turnaround times: Number (%) of specimens’ results dissemination from CTRL to Mwanza sites

From: Reducing delays to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis case detection through a revised routine surveillance system

Specimen

<  3 days

> = 3 & < 7 day

> = 7 & < 21 day

> = 21 days

Total

Median

IQR

2017/2018

Sputum

11 (18%)

38 (63%)

8 (13%)

3 (5%)

60

3

2

Isolate

14 (12%)

21 (17%)

54 (45%)

31 (25%)

122

7

22

Total

25 (14%)

59 (33%)

62 (34%)

34 (19%)

182

7

8

2016/2017

Sputum

0

0

0

8 (11)

8

62

10

Isolate

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

0

0

0

8 (11)

0

62

10

  1. Note: 2017/2018–3 specimens were not processed and 2016/2017–67 specimens had missing date hence excluded from the analysis
  2. Key: CTRL Central tuberculosis reference laboratory, IQR Interquartile range.