Location of Auto40 flow cytometers | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Catogories | Items | N’Djamena (hôpital Militaire D’Instruction) | N’Djamena (Centre D’Appui Psycho-Médico-Social Al-Nadjma) | Mongo | Bongor | Kelo | Doba | Maïssala | Koumra |
Level of laboratory facility* | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
Laboratory characteristics | Situation | Urban | Urban | Rural | Rural | Rural | Urban | rural | Rural |
Distance from the capital city NDJ (km) | 0 | 0 | 500 | 230 | 383 | 570 | 750 | 670 | |
Location in closed dust-free room (yes/no) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Mean temperature gradient (minimum/maximum in °C) | 22/45 | 22/45 | 22/45 | 20/40 | 20/40 | 20/40 | 20/40 | 22/40 | |
Air conditioned (yes/no) | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
Electricity & water | Unreliable electricity power supplies | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Unreliable water supplies | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Human resources | Biologist (number) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Trained technician (number) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Reagents & consumable supplies | CD45, CD4 lyophilisated reagents | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Reagents delivery | Regular | Regular | Regular | Regular | Regular | Regular | Regular | Regular | |
Reagents price (€) | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
Sheath fluid recycling cassette | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Number of followed up patients (in 2012) | 102 | 458 | 57 | 53 | 198 | 87 | 41 | 157 | |
Medical activity in each site | Number of antiretroviral drugs-treated adult patients (in 2012) | 95 | 421 | 55 | 49 | 137 | 82 | 33 | 145 |
Number of antiretroviral drugs-treated children (< 5 years) patients (in 2012) | 7 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
Number of CD4 T cells enumeration** (in 2011) | 341 | 1156 | 55 | 123 | 559 | 230 | 62 | 358 | |
Final cost of CD4 T cell count (in absolute number and percentage)*** | 11.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.2 | |
Quality control | Assurance quality procedures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Internal quality control | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
International external quality control | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Instrument Support | Routine maintenance on site | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Manufacturer’s maintenance (agreement) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Troubleshooting | No | No | Yes (electronic memory card) | No | No | No | No | No |