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- 2024Testing, diagnosis, and treatment following the implementation of a program to provide dried blood spot testing for HIV and hepatitis C infections: the NSW DBS Pilotcitations
- 2024A national program to scale-up decentralized hepatitis C virus point-of-care testing and treatment in Australia
- 2023"This is really something: same place, same day result, same day treatment" women's experiences of testing positive for HPV and receiving same-day treatment in Papua New Guinea: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.
- 2023Assessment of the training and quality systems for the TTANGO3 (Test, Treat And GO) sexually transmitted infection (STI) point-of-care testing network.
- 2023"It’s positive- now what?”
- 2023A new rapid test approach for the detection of Strep A in the throat and reduction in ARF in remote Australia
- 2022"This is really something: same place, same day result, same day treatment" Women's experiences of testing positive for HPV and receiving same-day treatment in Papua New Guinea: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
- 2022Women's acceptability of a self-collect HPV same-day screen-and-treat program in a high burden setting in the Pacificcitations
- 2022Women's acceptability of a self-collect HPV same-day screen-and-treat program in a high burden setting in the Pacific.citations
- 2022Point-of-care HPV DNA testing of self-collected specimens and same-day thermal ablation for the early detection and treatment of cervical pre-cancer in women in Papua New Guinea: a prospective, single-arm intervention trial (HPV-STAT).citations
- 2011Impact evaluation of a youth sexually transmissible infection awareness campaign using routinely collected data sourcescitations
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Assessment of the training and quality systems for the TTANGO3 (Test, Treat And GO) sexually transmitted infection (STI) point-of-care testing network.
Abstract
Background: In TTANGO3, molecular-based point-of-care testing (POCT) for chlamydia (CT), gonorrhoea (NG) and trichomoniasis (TV) is conducted on the Cepheid GeneXpert® in regional/remote Australian Indigenous communities across five states/territories. The program evolved from a randomised controlled trial (TTANGO) and a translational research project (TTANGO2) into routine operation in 51 regional/remote health services, 86% of which also participate in the COVID-19 POCT Program. Here we describe the rigorous training and quality management framework which underpins TTANGO3.<br/><br/>Methods: The program’s training resource package includes a training manual, quick-reference step-by-step posters, and videos. Flexible training options comprise on-site visits, centralised training sessions, and online presentations utilising GoToMeeting and Webex. Written and practical competency assessments are completed to attain competency, with a one-year expiry. All services participate in quality control (QC) testing (monthly, positive sample) and external quality assurance (EQA) testing (2-3 events per year, 5 samples of varying positivity per event) to monitor analytical quality.<br/><br/>Results: 797 operators have achieved competency, with 228 renewals also issued. 72% of operators were nurses and 18% Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health Workers/Practitioners. 358 training sessions have been undertaken, with 80% for new operators, and 20% for competency renewal. Pre-2020, 37% of 281 training sessions were conducted face-to-face. Since 2020, >90% of 77 training sessions were web-based. Since 2016, 1488 CT/NG QC (positive) tests were performed with mean annual concordance of 100%. For TV, which commenced in 2018, 1108 QC (positive) tests had a mean annual concordance ranging from 99.6% - 100%. For CT/NG EQA testing, mean concordance across 15 surveys (n=1512 tests) was 97.9% (range 86-100%). For TV EQA testing, mean concordance across 9 testing surveys (n=761 tests) was 99.2% (range 97-100%).<br/><br/>Conclusion: The TTANGO3 training and quality system has built a strong workforce that can conduct STI POCT in remote areas to a high analytical standard. <br/>