diff --git a/x-pack/packages/security-solution/ecs_data_quality_dashboard/impl/data_quality/data_quality_panel/summary_table/helpers.test.tsx b/x-pack/packages/security-solution/ecs_data_quality_dashboard/impl/data_quality/data_quality_panel/summary_table/helpers.test.tsx
index f79c64ab0387c..814f0b234b63c 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/security-solution/ecs_data_quality_dashboard/impl/data_quality/data_quality_panel/summary_table/helpers.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/packages/security-solution/ecs_data_quality_dashboard/impl/data_quality/data_quality_panel/summary_table/helpers.test.tsx
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ describe('helpers', () => {
           </TestProviders>
         );
 
-        expect(screen.getByTestId('incompatibleStat')).toHaveTextContent('-- --'); // the euiScreenReaderOnly content renders an additional set of --
+        expect(screen.getByTestId('incompatibleStat')).toHaveTextContent('--');
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/summary_status/__snapshots__/summary_status.test.js.snap b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/summary_status/__snapshots__/summary_status.test.js.snap
index 8cb9d4f657347..8c6dc9bd29ee5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/summary_status/__snapshots__/summary_status.test.js.snap
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/summary_status/__snapshots__/summary_status.test.js.snap
@@ -18,14 +18,11 @@ exports[`Summary Status Component should allow label to be optional 1`] = `
         <div
           class="euiText euiStat__description emotion-euiText-s"
         >
-          <p
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          >
+          <p>
             Status
           </p>
         </div>
         <p
-          aria-hidden="true"
           class="euiTitle euiStat__title emotion-euiTitle-xxxs-euiStat__title-default"
         >
           Status: 
@@ -50,21 +47,13 @@ exports[`Summary Status Component should allow label to be optional 1`] = `
         <div
           class="euiText euiStat__description emotion-euiText-s"
         >
-          <p
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          />
+          <p />
         </div>
         <p
-          aria-hidden="true"
           class="euiTitle euiStat__title emotion-euiTitle-xxxs-euiStat__title-default"
         >
           127.0.0.1:9300
         </p>
-        <p
-          class="emotion-euiScreenReaderOnly"
-        >
-           127.0.0.1:9300
-        </p>
       </div>
     </div>
     <div
@@ -78,23 +67,15 @@ exports[`Summary Status Component should allow label to be optional 1`] = `
         <div
           class="euiText euiStat__description emotion-euiText-s"
         >
-          <p
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          >
+          <p>
             Documents
           </p>
         </div>
         <p
-          aria-hidden="true"
           class="euiTitle euiStat__title emotion-euiTitle-xxxs-euiStat__title-default"
         >
           24.8k
         </p>
-        <p
-          class="emotion-euiScreenReaderOnly"
-        >
-          Documents 24.8k
-        </p>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
@@ -123,23 +104,15 @@ exports[`Summary Status Component should allow status to be optional 1`] = `
         <div
           class="euiText euiStat__description emotion-euiText-s"
         >
-          <p
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          >
+          <p>
             Free Disk Space
           </p>
         </div>
         <p
-          aria-hidden="true"
           class="euiTitle euiStat__title emotion-euiTitle-xxxs-euiStat__title-default"
         >
           173.9 GB
         </p>
-        <p
-          class="emotion-euiScreenReaderOnly"
-        >
-          Free Disk Space 173.9 GB
-        </p>
       </div>
     </div>
     <div
@@ -153,23 +126,15 @@ exports[`Summary Status Component should allow status to be optional 1`] = `
         <div
           class="euiText euiStat__description emotion-euiText-s"
         >
-          <p
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          >
+          <p>
             Documents
           </p>
         </div>
         <p
-          aria-hidden="true"
           class="euiTitle euiStat__title emotion-euiTitle-xxxs-euiStat__title-default"
         >
           24.8k
         </p>
-        <p
-          class="emotion-euiScreenReaderOnly"
-        >
-          Documents 24.8k
-        </p>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
@@ -194,14 +159,11 @@ exports[`Summary Status Component should render metrics in a summary bar 1`] = `
         <div
           class="euiText euiStat__description emotion-euiText-s"
         >
-          <p
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          >
+          <p>
             Status
           </p>
         </div>
         <p
-          aria-hidden="true"
           class="euiTitle euiStat__title emotion-euiTitle-xxxs-euiStat__title-default"
         >
           Status: 
@@ -226,23 +188,15 @@ exports[`Summary Status Component should render metrics in a summary bar 1`] = `
         <div
           class="euiText euiStat__description emotion-euiText-s"
         >
-          <p
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          >
+          <p>
             Free Disk Space
           </p>
         </div>
         <p
-          aria-hidden="true"
           class="euiTitle euiStat__title emotion-euiTitle-xxxs-euiStat__title-default"
         >
           173.9 GB
         </p>
-        <p
-          class="emotion-euiScreenReaderOnly"
-        >
-          Free Disk Space 173.9 GB
-        </p>
       </div>
     </div>
     <div
@@ -256,23 +210,15 @@ exports[`Summary Status Component should render metrics in a summary bar 1`] = `
         <div
           class="euiText euiStat__description emotion-euiText-s"
         >
-          <p
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          >
+          <p>
             Documents
           </p>
         </div>
         <p
-          aria-hidden="true"
           class="euiTitle euiStat__title emotion-euiTitle-xxxs-euiStat__title-default"
         >
           24.8k
         </p>
-        <p
-          class="emotion-euiScreenReaderOnly"
-        >
-          Documents 24.8k
-        </p>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/apm/apm_section.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/apm/apm_section.test.tsx
index 683d6bd4d9107..a7297d5ff170e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/apm/apm_section.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/apm/apm_section.test.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 import * as fetcherHook from '@kbn/observability-shared-plugin/public/hooks/use_fetcher';
+import { screen } from '@elastic/eui/lib/test/rtl';
 import { render, data as dataMock } from '../../../../../utils/test_helper';
 import { CoreStart } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import { ConfigSchema, ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart } from '../../../../../plugin';
@@ -31,6 +32,14 @@ jest.mock('react-router-dom', () => ({
 const { ObservabilityAIAssistantContextualInsight } =
   observabilityAIAssistantPluginMock.createStartContract();
 
+const assertServiceStat = (description: string, stat: string) => {
+  const serviceStat = screen.getByTestSubject('apmServiceStat');
+
+  expect(serviceStat).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(serviceStat!.children[0]).toHaveTextContent(description);
+  expect(serviceStat!.children[1]).toHaveTextContent(stat);
+};
+
 describe('APMSection', () => {
   const bucketSize = { intervalString: '60s', bucketSize: 60, dateFormat: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm' };
 
@@ -90,7 +99,7 @@ describe('APMSection', () => {
 
     expect(getByRole('heading')).toHaveTextContent('Services');
     expect(getByText('Show service inventory')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(getByText('Services 11')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    assertServiceStat('Services', '11');
     expect(getByText('900.0 tpm')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(queryAllByTestId('loading')).toEqual([]);
   });
@@ -107,7 +116,7 @@ describe('APMSection', () => {
 
     expect(getByRole('heading')).toHaveTextContent('Services');
     expect(getByText('Show service inventory')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(getByText('Services 11')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    assertServiceStat('Services', '11');
     expect(getByText('312.00k tpm')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(queryAllByTestId('loading')).toEqual([]);
   });
@@ -117,14 +126,14 @@ describe('APMSection', () => {
       status: fetcherHook.FETCH_STATUS.LOADING,
       refetch: jest.fn(),
     });
-    const { getByRole, queryAllByText, getByTestId } = render(
+    const { getByRole, queryAllByText, getByTestId, getAllByLabelText } = render(
       <APMSection bucketSize={bucketSize} />
     );
 
     expect(getByRole('heading')).toHaveTextContent('Services');
     expect(getByTestId('loading')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(queryAllByText('Show service inventory')).toEqual([]);
-    expect(queryAllByText('Services 11')).toEqual([]);
+    expect(getAllByLabelText('Statistic is loading').length).toEqual(2);
     expect(queryAllByText('312.00k tpm')).toEqual([]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/apm/apm_section.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/apm/apm_section.tsx
index ed6f55006c5e7..2535dc07ef234 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/apm/apm_section.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/pages/overview/components/sections/apm/apm_section.tsx
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export function APMSection({ bucketSize }: Props) {
               defaultMessage: 'Services',
             })}
             isLoading={isLoading}
+            data-test-subj="apmServiceStat"
           />
         </EuiFlexItem>
         <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/rules_list/components/rules_list_table_status_cell.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/rules_list/components/rules_list_table_status_cell.test.tsx
index c4cd31cd4b07a..1361cf8792bea 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/rules_list/components/rules_list_table_status_cell.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/rules_list/components/rules_list_table_status_cell.test.tsx
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe('RulesListTableStatusCell', () => {
   });
 
   it('should render loading indicator for new rules', async () => {
-    const { getByText } = render(
+    const { getByLabelText } = render(
       <ComponentWithLocale
         rule={
           {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ describe('RulesListTableStatusCell', () => {
       />
     );
 
-    expect(getByText('Statistic is loading')).not.toBe(null);
+    expect(getByLabelText('Statistic is loading')).not.toBe(null);
   });
 
   it('should render rule with no last run', async () => {