Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Evaluation of the proficiency of trained non-laboratory health staffs and laboratory . | AIDS Research and Therapy BioMed Central Short report Open Access Evaluation of the proficiency of trained non-laboratory health staffs and laboratory technicians using a rapid and simple HIV antibody test Koum Kanal1 Thai Leang Chou1 Ly Sovann1 Yasuo Morikawa2 Yumi Mukoyama2 and Kazuhiro Kakimoto 2 Address National Maternal and Child Health Center French street Phnom Penh Cambodia and 2Japan International Cooperation Agency Maternal and Child Health Project in Cambodia . Box 613 Phnom Penh Cambodia Email Koum Kanal - koumkanal@ Thai Leang Chou - nmchc@ Ly Sovann - nmchc@ Yasuo Morikawa - yasum@ Yumi Mukoyama - yumi@ Kazuhiro Kakimoto - kakimoto@ Corresponding author Published 20 May 2005 Received 28 January 2005 AIDS Research and Therapy 2005 2 5 doi 1742-6405-2-5 Accepted 20 May 2005 This article is available from http content 2 1 5 2005 Kanal et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract In Cambodia nearly half of pregnant women attend antenatal care ANC which is an entry point of services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV PMTCT . However most of ANC services are provided in health centres or fields where laboratory services by technicians are not available. In this study those voluntary confidential counselling and testing VCCT counsellors involved in PMTCT were trained by experienced laboratory technicians in our centre on HIV testing using Determine Abbot Laboratories HIV1 2 test kits through a half-day training course which consisted of use of a pipette how to process whole blood samples and how to read test result. The trained counsellors were midwives working for .
