Do laboratory information system data demonstrate successful implementation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme in South Africa?
Laboratory data can provide real time, affordable monitoring of aspects of the PMTCT programme and assist in achieving virtual elimination of paediatric HIV infection in South Africa.
The quantities of mitomycin-C contained in sponges prepared for glaucoma surgery differed for a given surgeon and between surgeons. Thus, variations in the doses applied to the sclera could account for certain complications due to mitomycin-C. The use of a Schirmer's test graduation improves predictability for the quantity of mitomycin-C applied to the sclera.