Table 4

Tubes and inadequate monitoring of anonymous specimens before and after changing the return link

YearQuarterTotal testingAnonymous,
n (%)
Total positive, nPositive lost
(% of total n, positive)
Advanced lesions missed (estimated)Inadequate tests, nTests delivered within 6 days, n (%)
2011213 499314 (2.3)72517 (2.3)140
323 407244 (1.0)11967 (0.6)226
421 099300 (1.4)11018 (0.7)206
Total 2011 (from 1 March)58 005858 (1.5)302232 (1.1)10572Not available
2012116 807200 (1.2)8273 (0.4)190
214 932139 (0.9)7594 (0.5)172
321 95273 (0.3)10682 (0.2)458
419 061148 (0.8)82613 (1.6)552
Total 201272 752538 (0.7)348022 (0.6)31372Not available
2013119 861278 (1.4)82518 (2.2)169
216 308302 (1.9)67117 (2.5)48
325 068262 (1.0)101212 (1.2)199
418 194266 (1.5)98611 (1.1)118
Total 201379 4311050 (1.3)344458 (1.7)8534Not available
2014116 259116 (0.7)7699 (1.2)14
217 108134 (0.8)8815 (0.6)46
313 575211 (1.6)6748 (1.2)19
423 611175 (0.7)11209 (0.8)720
Total 201470 553605 (0.9)344431 (0.9)3799Not available
2015119 259115 (0.6)8906 (0.7)79518 526 (96.2)
219 08299 (0.5)9195 (0.5)99018 134 (95.0)
317 37780 (0.5)7700 (0.0)97516 607 (95.6)
423 671125 (0.5)11104 (0.4)137923 273 (98.3)
Total 201579 389404 (0.5)368915 (0.4)2413976 540 (96.4)
2016120 721104 (0.5)9867 (0.7)82520 157 (97.3)
217 69168 (0.4)7935 (0.6)59317 160 (97.0)
314 99634 (0.2)6602 (0.3)64314 611 (97.4)
419 53856 (0.3)9061 (0.1)85818 869 (96.6)
Total 201672 946262 (0.4)334515 (0.5)2291970 797 (97.1)