Sentence examples for initiating testing from inspiring English sources

All types of interviewees reported nursing shortages as a major barrier to initiating testing discussions or providing PITC: Yeah [shortage of staff] is the big issue, like I said we are four … so if I have to screen my patient and counsel and test I don't know how many patients I will see for the morning.

Feldman, who has worked as a defense lawyer for athletes, said it was difficult for the commissioner's office to catch players using recreational drugs because of the need to prove reasonable cause and initiate testing.

Authorities initiated testing after the rabid skunk bit a toddler on the face and inside his mouth Tuesday while he was at a residential daycare facility.

Provider initiated testing and counseling (PITC) was implemented at the Clinic in July of 2011.

The provider initiated testing and counselling guidelines, recommend that post test counselling is performed after an HIV test [ 15].

In the post-training period, all subjects initiated testing within 2 days after the completion of training.

This is attributed to clients' passivity to seek testing, refusal of testing offer, and lack of an active role of providers to initiate testing.

Women who test in PMTCT are given different advice than men who test in provider initiated testing and counselling (PITC) programs in general health clinics.

The PITC (Provider-Initiated Testing and Counseling) strategy introduced in 2007 to expand testing raised concerns that the decision to be tested would shift from the client to the provider.

The qualitative in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) were employed to explore informants' experiences and perceptions of the HIV testing services with an emphasis on experiences with the provider initiated testing model.

In the context of a maturing pandemic, there has been a shift in attitudes towards testing, from an emphasis on protection of civil rights to improving public health, matched by models of provider, rather than patient, initiated testing [ 4].