Published on in Vol 26 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/67994, first published .
Correction: Feasibility, Preference, and Impact of a Rapid Multiplexed Point-of-Care Digital Innovation (AideSmart!) to Expedite Screening of Sexually Transmitted Blood-Borne Infections in At-Risk Populations in Canada: Cross-Sectional Study

Correction: Feasibility, Preference, and Impact of a Rapid Multiplexed Point-of-Care Digital Innovation (AideSmart!) to Expedite Screening of Sexually Transmitted Blood-Borne Infections in At-Risk Populations in Canada: Cross-Sectional Study

Correction: Feasibility, Preference, and Impact of a Rapid Multiplexed Point-of-Care Digital Innovation (AideSmart!) to Expedite Screening of Sexually Transmitted Blood-Borne Infections in At-Risk Populations in Canada: Cross-Sectional Study

Original Paper

1Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

2Centre for Research, Education & Clinical Care of At-Risk Populations, Saint John, NB, Canada

3REZO, Montreal, QC, Canada

4National Laboratory for HIV Reference Services, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

5Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Corresponding Author:

Nitika Pant Pai, MPH, MD, PhD

Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

5252 boul de Maisonneuve Ouest

Montreal, QC, H4A3S5

Canada

Phone: 1 514 934 1934 ext 44729

Email: nitika.pai@mcgill.ca



In “Feasibility, Preference, and Impact of a Rapid Multiplexed Point-of-Care Digital Innovation (AideSmart!) to Expedite Screening of Sexually Transmitted Blood-Borne Infections in At-Risk Populations in Canada: Cross-Sectional Study” (J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e55075), 2 errors were made during the publication process.

1) Affiliations 1 and 4:

1. Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
4. National Laboratory for HIV Reference Services, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Have been revised to include subunits, as follows:

1. Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
4. National Laboratory for HIV Reference Services, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

2) Tables 3 and 4 have been revised to adjust some numbers in “Sensitivity” and “Specificity” columns, as follows:

Table 3. Diagnostic accuracy of the Chembio and MedMira point-of-care (POC) tests in comparison to local laboratory tests in the AideSmart! cross-sectional multiplexed rapid sexually transmitted blood-borne infection screening study in Canada (2021-2022).
POC testSensitivity, % (95% CI)Specificity, % (95% CI)
HIV

Chembio100.00 (79.41-100.00)98.71 (96.72-99.65)

MedMira100.00 (78.20-100.00)100.00 (98.82-100.00)
Syphilis

Chembio86.84 (71.91-95.59)99.65 (98.06-99.99)

MedMira57.89 (40.82-73.69)100.00 (98.72-100.00)
Hepatitis C

Chembioa

MedMira90.32 (80.12-96.37)99.62 (97.92-99.99)

aNot applicable.

Table 4. Diagnostic accuracy of the Chembio and MedMira point-of-care (POC) tests in comparison to dried blood spot tests in the AideSmart! cross-sectional multiplexed rapid sexually transmitted blood-borne infection screening study in Canada (2021-2022).
POC testSensitivity, % (95% CI)Specificity, % (95% CI)
HIV

Chembio100.00 (76.84-100.00) 98.94 (97.30-99.71) 

MedMira93.75 (69.77-99.84) 100.00 (99.02-100.00) 
Syphilis

Chembio80.00 (64.35-90.95)99.03 (97.19-99.80)

MedMira55.00 (38.49-70.74) 100.00 (98.81-100.00) 
Hepatitis C

Chembioa

MedMira91.15 (84.33-95.67)99.29 (97.46-99.91)

aNot applicable.

The correction will appear in the online version of the paper on the JMIR Publications website on October 28, 2024 together with the publication of this correction notice. Because this was made after submission to PubMed and other full-text repositories, the corrected article has also been resubmitted to those repositories.

This is a non–peer-reviewed article. submitted 25.10.24; accepted 25.10.24; published 28.10.24.

Copyright

©Angela Karellis, Duncan Webster, Jean Boulanger, Kate Harland, Paige Feltmate, Stefanie Materniak, Gabriel Daunais-Laurin, Christine Mesa, Olivia Vaikla, John Kim, Nitika Pant Pai. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 28.10.2024.

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