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Missed opportunities in TB diagnosis: a TB Process-Based Performance Review tool to evaluate and improve clinical care

Nigel Field1*, Jill Murray2, Michelle L Wong3, Rob Dowdeswell4, Ntomboxolo Dudumayo5, Lesego Rametsi4, Neil Martinson6,7, Marc Lipman8, Judith R Glynn9 and Pam Sonnenberg1

Author Affiliations

1 Centre for Sexual Health & HIV Research, Research Department of Infection & population Health, University College London, London, UK

2 National Institute for Occupational Health, National Health Laboratory Service, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

3 Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

4 Rustenburg Platinum Mines, Anglo Platinum, Rustenburg, South Africa

5 Lonmin PLC, Rustenburg, South Africa

6 Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

7 Johns Hopkins University Center for TB Research, Baltimore, USA

8 Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

9 Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

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BMC Public Health 2011, 11:127 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-127

Published: 22 February 2011

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The TB-PBPR tool.

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