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Table 4 Laboratory investigations conducted: top 15 laboratory tests

From: Disease diagnosis in primary care in Uganda

Rank

Laboratory test

Total tests

Results received

Positive or abnormal test result

Diagnosed with a related illness

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

1

Malaria Test (Blood Smear or RDT)

54,344 (64.2)

48,280 (88.8)

22,806 (47.2)

18,051 (79.1)

2

HIV Test (Rapid Test or DNA PCR)

10,301 (12.2)

8,768 (85.1)

844 (9.6)

251 (29.7)

3

Urinalysis

4,672 (5.5)

3,125 (66.9)

1,349 (43.2)

702 (52.0)

4

Stool Analysis

3,713 (4.4)

2,252 (60.7)

648 (28.8)

414 (63.9)

5

Hemoglobin (Hb)

3,467 (4.1)

2,608 (75.2)

2,071 (79.4)

408 (19.7)

6

VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Lab test)

2,361 (2.8)

1,812 (76.7)

300 (16.6)

31 (10.3)

7

Widal

2,273 (2.7)

1,565 (68.9)

480 (30.7)

302 (63.0)

8

TB AFB Smear

1,347 (1.6)

757 (56.2)

113 (14.9)

60 (53.1)

9

BAT (Brucella Agglutination Test)

808 (1.0)

569 (70.4)

59 (10.4)

30 (50.9)

10

Pregnancy Test

306 (0.4)

258 (84.3)

107 (41.5)

3 (2.8)

11

Random Blood Sugar

234 (0.3)

176 (75.2)

50 (28.4)

25 (50.0)

12

Blood Grouping and/or Blood Cross March

225 (0.3)

188 (73.7)

N/A

N/A

13

RPR (Rapid Plasma Reagin Test)

80 (0.1)

57 (71.3)

7 (12.2)

2 (28.6)

14

CATT (Card agglutination test for trypanasomiasis)

81 (0.1)

74 (91.4)

5 (6.8)

0 (0)

15

Sickle cell test

64 (0.1)

32 (50.0)

5 (15.6)

1 (20.0)