Malaria rapid diagnostic kits: quality of packaging, design and labelling of boxes and components and readability and accuracy of information inserts
Open Access
- 13 February 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 10 (1), 39
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-39
Abstract
The present study assessed malaria RDT kits for adequate and correct packaging, design and labelling of boxes and components. Information inserts were studied for readability and accuracy of information.Keywords
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