Global Journal of Medical Research, K: Interdisciplinary, Volume 22 Issue 4

Figure 4: Improvised boxes used for sample transportation Figure 5: How the samples reaches the laboratory for testing III. R esults The outcomes of usage of the new package could be evaluated after three months of pilot from April to June 2022, when the sample where transported in both way as explained above. To improve TB sample referring system in the 4 supported provinces, TB Response Project in collaboration with the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory designed a compartmentalized and robust secondary packaging to prevent spills in 5 districts of Zambezia piloted by Activists and motorbike riders. During the pilot, 2689 TB sample was transported and only 46 were rejected in the laboratory due to spillage using the improvised boxes. Data’s were weekly reported and analyzed per district as we can see below. 42 Year 2022 Global Journal of Medical Research Volume XXII Issue IV Version I ( D ) K © 2022 Global Journals Improvement on Packaging and Referencing Tuberculosis Samples- Experience in Zambezia, Mozambique