Biset, Sirak
Teferi, Milto
Alamirew, Haylemesikel
Birhanu, Biniyam
Dessie, Awoke
Aschale, Abebe
Haymanot, Anmaw
Dejenie, Selamu
Gebremedhin, Teshager
Abebe, Wondwossen
Adane, Gashaw
Article History
Received: 2 May 2023
Accepted: 13 February 2024
First Online: 22 February 2024
Declarations
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: Before the commencement of the study, we obtained ethical clearance from the UoG, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences (SBMLS) ethical review committee (Ref. No/SBMLS/350/2022), and an official letter of cooperation was provided to the UoG-CSH. Before data collection, we explained the study objectives to the heads of the hospital director and the TB laboratory personnel. Since we used secondary data for this study, we didn’t require the patient’s informed consent. To ensure confidentiality of information from participant’s record, we didn’t record any personal identifiers on the data collection sheet, and secured data from participant records were not available to anyone except for the investigators. We conducted the study following the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.