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

Table 4

Reasons for DBS samples rejections, reported by NMRL for Mhondoro, Zvimba, and Chegutu Districts, 2016.

Reason for Rejection	Mhondoro; N=50	Zvimba; N=48	Chegutu; N=47	Total (); N=145
Insufficient sample	38	35	40	113 (77.9)
Clotted Blood	7	4	3	14 (9.7)
Mismatching form and specimen	2	4	4	10 (6.9)
Request form not submitted	1	3	0	4 (2.8)
Cross-contamination	2	1	0	3 (2.1)
Specimen not submitted	0	1	0	1 (0.7)