Usability of a point-of-care diagnostic to identify glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: a multi-country assessment of test label comprehension and results interpretation

Usability of a point-of-care diagnostic to identify glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: a multi-country assessment of test label comprehension and results interpretation

Abstract Background Point-of-care glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) testing has the potential to make the use of radical treatment for vivax malaria safer and more effective. Widespread use of G6PD tests as part of malaria case management has been limited, in part due to due concerns regardin...

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Main Authors: Emily Gerth-Guyette, Wondimagegn Adissu, Marcelo Brito, Eduardo Garbin, Marcela Macedo, Abhijit Sharma, Santasabuj Das, Marcus V. G. Lacerda, Dhélio Pereira, Arunansu Talukdar, Daniel Yilma, Sampa Pal, Stephanie Zobrist, Gonzalo J. Domingo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
G6PD deficiency
Point-of-care diagnostics
Usability
User proficiency
User training
Label comprehension study
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03803-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03803-1

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