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Table 1 Stepped wedge implementation of the intervention in participating hospitals

From: Impact of systematic early tuberculosis detection using Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in children with severe pneumonia in high tuberculosis burden countries (TB-Speed pneumonia): a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial

TB incidence rate	Hospital number	Period (5-week intervals)
TB incidence rate	Hospital number	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
High	01	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
Very high	02	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
High	03	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
Very high	04	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
High	05	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
Very high	06	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
High	07	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
Very high	08	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
High	09	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
Very high	10	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
High	11	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT	INT
Very high	12	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT	INT
High	13	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT	INT
Very high	14	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT	INT
High	15	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	CT	INT

CT control (WHO recommended standard of care for children with severe pneumonia), INT TB-Speed intervention (systematic early detection of tuberculosis in addition to the WHO recommended standard of care for children with severe pneumonia)

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