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Table 1 Characteristics of TB Suspects and TB patients registered in the TB ART system between April and July 2013 at Martin Preuss Centre

From: Developing a point-of-care electronic medical record system for TB/HIV co-infected patients: experiences from Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi

Key programmatic indicators

N

%

TB suspects

 1.a

Total TB Suspects registered

369

 

 1.b

TB Suspects with known HIV Status

331

90

 1.c

TB Suspects with known HIV positive

177

53

 1.d

TB Suspects tested before registration

134

40

 2.a

TB Suspects, sputum samples ordered

361

98

 2.b

TB Suspects, sputum samples submitted

100

28

 2.c

TB Suspects, sputum samples results

96

96

 2.d

TB Suspects, sputum samples positive

18

19

 2.e

TB Suspect, culture ordered

1

0

TB registration

 3.a

Total TB patients registered

418

 

 3.b

TB patients with known HIV status

406

97

 3.c

TB patients with known HIV positive

269

66

Gender

 4.a

Female

149

36

 4.b

Male

269

64

Age at registration

 5.a

TB patients 0–4 years at registration

4

1

 5.b

TB patients 5–14 years at registration

17

4

 5.c

TB patients 15 years or older at registration

397

95

TB category

 6.a

New Cases

381

91

 6.b

Relapse

13

3

 6.c

Retreatment After Default

1

0

 6.d

Failure

1

0

 6.e

Other

22

5

TB classification

 7.a

Pulmonary

320

77

 7.b

Extra-pulmonary

98

23

DOT option

 8.a

Guardian

406

97

 8.b

Hospital

9

2

 8.c

HC

3

1

ARV status

 9.a

Before TB treatment

129

48

 9.b

While on TB treatment

106

39

 9.c

Not on ART during TBa

34

13

  1. a Some HIV/TB patients are still on TB treatment