Quality control and external quality assessment for the independent clinic-based evaluation of point-of-care testing to detect Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis in eight countries

Table 4 Summary of number of valid results from EQA testing for Set A, 2018

Sample	Expected Result	Reference Laboratories	POC Testing Clinics
Sample 1	CT Neg	4	7
	NG Pos	4	7
	TV Pos	2	3
Sample 2	CT Pos	4	7
	NG Pos	4	7
	TV Neg	2	4
Sample 3	CT Neg	4	7
	NG Neg	4	7
	TV Neg	2	2
Sample 4	CT Pos	4	8
	NG Neg	4	8
	TV Neg	2	4
Sample 5	CT Neg	4	8
	NG Neg	4	8
	TV Pos	2	4
Total		50	91

EQA External Quality Assessment, CT Chlamydia trachomatis, NG Neisseria gonorrhoeae, TV Trichomonas vaginalis, POC Point of care, ‘Pos’ expected result: detected, ‘Neg’ expected result: not detected

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