Table 1 Overall agreement between participated health facilities and APHI slide readers in consecutive EQA rounds from July 2013 to October 2014
EQA rounds | Total slides | 1st Reader (health facility) | 2nd Reader (APHI) | 3rd Reader (APHI) | Agreed result | Discrepant result | % Agreement | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | |||||
Round 1 | 801 | 385 | 416 | 345 | 407 | 345 | 407 | 752 | 49 | 93.88 |
Round 2 | 797 | 364 | 433 | 335 | 425 | 335 | 425 | 762 | 35 | 95.36 |
Round 3 | 762 | 357 | 405 | 344 | 403 | 344 | 403 | 746 | 16 | 97.77 |
Round 4 | 788 | 381 | 407 | 378 | 404 | 378 | 404 | 782 | 6 | 99.24 |
| Â | 3148 | 1487 | 1661 | 1402 | 1639 | 1402 | 1639 | 3042 | 106 | 96.62 |