TB DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS

Design and Analysis of Diagnostic Service Centers

Xiaofang Wang Renmin University of China, Beijing, P.R.China 100872, [email protected] Laurens G. Debo The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL 60637, [email protected] Alan Scheller-Wolf Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, [email protected] Stephen F. Smith The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh...

TB diagnostic capacity in sub-Saharan African HIV care settings.

As HIV care services continue to scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa, adequate tuberculosis diagnostic capacity is vital to reduce mortality among HIV-infected persons. A structured survey was administered at 663 health facilities providing HIV care to 908,043 patients in across 9 sub-Saharan African countries to estimate the proportion of facilities and HIV patients at these facilities with access ...

Xpert TB diagnostic highlights gap in point-of-care pipeline.

GeneXpert TB 8: A point-of-care diagnostic pilot.

524 August 2014, Vol. 104, No. 8 GeneXpert TB 8: A point-of-care diagnostic pilot To the Editor: The point-of-care (POC) GeneXpert MTB/RIF detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and drug resistance in under 2 hours and was hailed a ‘game-changer’ for tuberculosis (TB) control.[1] Recent results from Evaluating a New Diagnostic Trial (EXTEND) show that while implementing the GeneXpert had more...

Guidelines for pediatric cardiology diagnostic and treatment centers.

This document describes the clinical and physical environment in which the pediatric patient with heart disease can undergo accurate and safe diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Effective utilization of facilities, development of new technologies, and deployment of personnel capable of providing care for the fetus, infant, child, and young adult with heart disease are outlined. Guidelines in...