Table 3 Average time spent in different tasks per patient per visit during postnatal PMTCT visits

 Assessing infant adherence to prophylaxis^a

39

8.2

2.4

2.0–2.8

 Assessing adherence to ART/maternal prophylaxis^a

39

9.2

2.7

2.0–3.4

 Assessing infant feeding

39

8.9

2.6

2.0–3.1

 Pretest counselling

40

18.6

5.3

4.2–6.3

 Filling mother infant register

38

11.6

3.5

2.9–4.1

 Filling lab request forms

39

8.5

2.5

2.1–2.8

 Filling log book

37

8.1

2.5

2.1–3.0

 Updating Map cue^b

5

2.5

5.6

3.7–7.5

 Taking a dried blood spot (DBS) sample^c

39

15.7

4.6

4.0–5.1

 Dispensing cotrimoxazole^c

40

8.8

2.5

2.5–3.2

 Total

40

100

28.9

26.2–31.6

 Filling mother infant follow-up register

28

40.2

6.3

5.0–7.5

 Assessing infant feeding

23

25.7

4.9

4.0–5.8

 Assessing infant adherence to prophylaxis^a

27

12.3

2.0

1.5–2.4

 Assessing adherence to maternal prophylaxis^a

32

21.9

3.0

2.3–3.7

 Total

34

100

13.1

10.8–15.5