Open AccessAn Audit of VDRL Testing from an STI Clinic in India: Analysing the Present Scenario with Focus on Estimating and Optimizing the Turnaround Time
Author(s) -
Bhanu Mehra,
Preena Bhalla,
Deepti Rawat,
S.N. Saxena
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/14179.6302
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , turnaround time , sexually transmitted disease , genital ulcer , point of care testing , audit , emergency medicine , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , computer science , economics , operating system , management
Timeliness of reporting is of utmost importance to limit the spread of syphilis. The present analysis was undertaken to evaluate the turnaround time of syphilis testing (mainly Venereal disease research laboratory /VDRL test) in a sexually transmitted infections (STI) clinic in India; to find out the possible reasons for delay; to describe the trends of clinical indications for syphilis testing from an STI clinic; to assess the frequency of a positive syphilis serology among STI clinic attendees; and to analyse the follow-up rates of VDRL report collection.