Early Infant Diagnosis Sample Management in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe, 2017

Table 2

Compliance with Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for DBS Sample Collection by Mhondoro, Zvimba and Chegutu Districts, 2016.

Standard Operating Practice	Number of Compliant Facilities	Percentage Compliance; n=15
Only trained health care workers should collect DBS samples	0	0
The Charge nurse should verify the quality and completeness of collected samples before sending to the laboratory	2	13.3
A local register of collected samples and the received results should be kept	4	26.7
NMRL personnel to provide timely feedback for sub-quality samples after receiving them	1	6.7