Clinical Evaluation of Pediatric Pulse Oximeters in South Africa: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Holly B Schuh   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Marieke Van der Zalm   ³ , PhD ;   Margaret Van Niekerk   ³ , MNutrition ;   Lise-Marie Laubscher   ³ , MBChB ;   Abenathi Mcinziba   ³ , MPhil ;   Steve Gomas   ⁴ ;   Sunaina Kapoor   ² , MD ;   Shubhada Hooli   ^{2, 5} , MD ;   Lario Viljoen   ³ , PhD ;   Andre Gie   ⁶ , PhD ;   Bareng A S Nonyane   ⁷ , PhD ;   Pierre Goussard   ⁶ , PhD ;   Anneke C Hesseling   ³ , PhD ;   Carina King   ⁸ , PhD ;   Eric D McCollum   ^{2, 3} , MD

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

² Global Program in Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

³ Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

⁴ Springer Design, Danville, CA, United States

⁵ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

⁶ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

⁷ Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁸ Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden