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Table 3 Result of Chi-square test of association between HIV testing performance and associated factors by testing sites in Ethiopia, August to December 2019 (nā€‰=ā€‰159)

From: HIV rapid test performance among health facilities enrolled in HIV rapid test quality improvement initiative (RTQII) in Ethiopia

Indicators

Values

Performance Status

Total

Chi-square

P-value

Acceptable

Not Acceptable

Ā Ā Ā 

IQC Conducted

No

52

38.50%

83

61.50%

135

0.233

0.629

Yes

8

33.30%

16

66.70%

24

Ā Ā 

Tester followed SOP

No

47

59.50%

32

40.50%

79

0.513

0.474

Yes

52

65.00%

28

35.00%

80

Ā Ā 

Trained on the new algorithm

No

29

58.00%

21

42.00%

50

0.564

0.452

Yes

70

64.20%

39

35.80%

109

Ā Ā 

Experience in years

<ā€‰2

25

61.00%

16

39.00%

41

1.451

0.484

2ā€“5

47

58.80%

33

41.30%

80

Ā Ā 

>ā€‰5

26

70.30%

11

29.70%

37

Ā Ā 

All test kits available at testing site

No

59

61.50%

37

38.50%

96

0.067

0.796

Yes

40

63.50%

23

36.50%

63

Ā Ā 

Difficulty of the new algorithm compared with the old one

More difficult

65

61.30%

41

38.70%

106

3.928

0.269

Comparable with previous one

14

70.00%

6

30.00%

20

Ā Ā 

Less difficult

11

78.60%

3

21.40%

14

Ā Ā 

Donā€™t know

9

47.40%

10

52.60%

19

Ā Ā 

Participation in EQA(PT) in the last two years

No

49

55.70%

39

44.30%

88

3.634

0.057*

Yes

50

70.40%

21

29.60%

71

Ā Ā 

Receive supportive supervision from the facilityā€™s lab

No

52

60.50%

34

39.50%

86

0.195

0.659

Yes

46

63.90%

26

36.10%

72

Ā Ā 
  1. *Key: marginally significant variable (Pā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰0.1)