Performance of Laboratory Professionals Working on Malaria Microscopy in Tigray, North Ethiopia

Table 2

General laboratory setups of selected health institutions in Tigray, North Ethiopia, 2016.

Variables		Frequency	Percent
Number of microscope (s) in each lab	One	7	30.4
	Two	10	43.5
	≥Three	5	22.7
Presence of guideline for reagent preparation	Yes	19	86.4
	No	3	13.6
Kind of blood film used	Thin only	0	0.0
	Thick only	3	13.6
	Both	19	86.4
Internal quality control programs conducted	Yes	19	86.4
	No	3	13.6
Type of microscope	Binocular with inbuilt lamp	10	45.5
	Binocular with external light	12	54.5
Method of parasite quantification	Plus system	20	91.0
	WBC system	2	9.0
Average time to read a slide (minutes)	0–20	20	91.0
	21–40	2	9.0