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ArticlePLoS medicine2021

Evaluation of portable devices for medicine quality screening: Lessons learnt, recommendations for implementation, and future priorities.

Céline Caillet, Serena Vickers, Vayouly Vidhamaly, Kem Boutsamay, Phonepasith Boupha, Stephen Zambrzycki, Nantasit Luangasanatip, Yoel Lubell, Facundo M Fernández, Paul N Newton

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Article in PLoS medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Céline CailletLao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR.ORCID 0000-0002-5554-2603
Serena VickersLao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR.ORCID 0000-0003-4062-1939
Vayouly VidhamalyLao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR.ORCID 0000-0003-1941-8944
Kem BoutsamayLao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR.ORCID 0000-0001-8152-0523
Phonepasith BouphaLao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR.ORCID 0000-0002-2094-7512
Stephen ZambrzyckiSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-8302-7350
Nantasit LuangasanatipMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-8501-6092
Yoel LubellCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0237-1070
Facundo M FernándezSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0302-2534
Paul N NewtonLao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR.ORCID 0000-0002-4608-6431

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Céline Caillet and co-authors discuss a Collection on use of portable devices for the evaluation of medicine quality and legitimacy.

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Drug ContaminationPharmaciesQuality ControlCounterfeit DrugsEquipment DesignHumansLaosPharmaceutical PreparationsReproducibility of ResultsTechnology, PharmaceuticalCounterfeit DrugsPharmaceutical Preparations

Identifiers

PMID34591861
PMCPMC8483386

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