Table 1 Main study themes and examples of codes per thematic area. *indicates emergent code

1. Nurse experiences with symptom-based TB screening: mixed opinions

• Challenges with symptom screening

• Comfort using symptom screening

• Challenges with tuberculin skin tests

• Symptom screening process

• Diagnostic tests used in the TB process

• *Consequences of missing a case of TB

• *TB patient mobility

2. Implementation experiences: willingness to adopt new clinical records and processes

• Positive descriptions of register

• Positive descriptions of child contact record

• Register use

• Child contact record use

• Plans to use child contact record in future

3. On-going challenges: barriers and solutions to optimizing screening of child TB contacts

• Challenges/barriers to screening

• Health systems challenges for screening

• Suggestions for job improvements to improve screening

• Role of nurses in screening

• Time management

• Job demands that inhibit screening

• Strategies to identify contacts

• Which children get screened

• *Consequences of missing a case of TB

• *Nurse views on their role in identifying and screening