Clinic flow for STI, HIV, and TB patients in an urban infectious disease clinic offering point-of-care testing services in Durban, South Africa

Table 1 Time and motion data for patients receiving STI services

	INTERVAL	N	Mean (SD)	Median	Min	Max
Common Times	Time waiting before clinic opening	39	0:15 (0:37)	0:00	0:00	2:30
	Time waiting for chart	38	0:27 (0:21)	0:20	0:01	1:19
	Time waiting for vitals	9	0:07 (0:03)	0:07	0:03	0:15
	Time obtaining vitals	15	0:02 (0:01)	0:03	0:01	0:06
	Time waiting for nurse	13	0:46 (0:33)	0:40	0:04	1:44
Syndromic Management	Time with nurse	37	0:07 (0:04)	0:06	0:01	0:20
	Total time in clinic	39	2:05 (0:42)	1:48	0:28	4:35
	% of time receiving care	–	6%	–	–	–
POC Diagnostic Management	Time with nurse	9	2:49 (0:28)	2:52	2:06	3:38
	Total time in clinic ^a	–	4:26 (1:01)	4:02	–	–
	% of time receiving care	–	64%	–	–	–

Times are reported in hours and minutes (hours:minutes). The italicized rows indicate data specific to patients undergoing standard-of-care syndromic management or POC diagnostic management. POC patients waited in the same queues as standard-of-care patients and were recruited while waiting to see a nurse
^aBecause entry times were not observed for these patients, total time in clinic was calculated by summing the common times with the time with the nurse. N, min, and max are not reported

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