Study documents containing personal information, for example, locator forms, informed consent forms, etc, will be kept off-site and separate from other study data.
Personal identifiers and locator information were not collected, and any identifying information accidentally mentioned was removed from the text prior to analysis.
The beacon message will contain the ID and location information of the source locator.
Research data (stored in digital form only), informed consent forms, viral test results, and post-test counseling locator information were stored in separate double-locked cabinets in different locations and were accessible only to key personnel.
19 Successful partner notification is contingent on index patients providing locator information for their partners, and community counselors successfully locating those partners.
Several of the systems, for example, would generate the locator information only if the cell-phone user switched on that capability.
They did not follow-up on their appointments and had incomplete locator information, and/or had change of phone numbers or loss of appointment cards.
In addition, the users felt that "inserting their knowledge" into the area in which the issue occurred (via GPS locator information attached to the logs) was "unique" and "powerful".
All patients in the study provided locator information as described above.
Qualitative sampling targeted equal numbers of both HIV-infected and uninfected individuals, who consented to participate and had adequate locator information on file as having been obtained beforehand during the campaign.
Reasons why patients were not contacted through the Outreach Program include insufficient or inaccurate locator information or the patient returned to clinic prior to the initiation of outreach procedures.
