Tuberculosis screening in patients with HIV: use of audit and feedback to improve quality of care in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis screening of people living with HIV (PLHIV) can contribute to early tuberculosis diagnosis and improved patient outcomes. Evidence-based guidelines for tuberculosis screening are available, but literature assessing their implementation and the quality of clinical practice is scarce.

Objectives

To assess tuberculosis screening practices and the effectiveness of audit and performance feedback to improve quality of tuberculosis screening at HIV care clinics in Ghana.

Design

Healthcare providers at 10 large HIV care clinics prospectively registered patient consultations during May and October 2014, before and after a performance feedback intervention in August 2014. The outcomes of interest were overall tuberculosis suspicion rate during consultati

SUBMITTER: Bjerrum S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5002398 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature