Table 5: Essential drugs, supplies and equipment in Five Selected Governmental Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019.

Equipment list

Minimum Numbers shall be Available

Practically Available

GMH

SPMMC

TASH

Y12 HMC

ZMH

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Incubator

 

12

 

03

 

17

 

 

10

02

 

Phototherapy machine

 

02

 

06

 

17

 

 

6

03

 

Electronic scale

 

02

 

02

 

02

 

3

02

 

Ventilators

One per ICU bed

02

 

0

 

03

 

 

0

 

Nasal CPAP

One per ICU bed

02

 

0

 

03

 

4

01/bed

 

Head box

One per bed

0

 

0

 

02

 

8

0

 

Pulse-oxymeter

One per bed

02

 

03

 

02

 

5

02/unit

 

Oxygen flow meter

One per bed

15

 

20

 

18

 

32

01/bed

 

Oxygen blender

One per bed

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

0

 

Oxygen analyzer

One per two beds

0

 

0

 

01

 

 

0

 

Apnea monitor

One per two beds

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

0

 

IV infusion controllers

One per bed

06

 

03

 

12

 

9/unit

 

05/unit

 

Multi parameters monitor

One per bed

02

 

01

 

0

 

2/unit

 

01/unit

 

Portable suction apparatus

One per six beds

04

 

03

 

06

 

 

 

02/unit

 

Nasal prongs

Two per oxygen unit

30

 

25

 

50

 

 

02/O2 cylinder

 

CPAP circuit

4 circuits per machine available for reuse

01

 

0

 

02

 

 

0

 

Neonatal saturation probes

Two per machine available for reuse

04

 

0

 

04

 

 

01/pulse-oxymeter

 

Neonatal incubator probes

Six per incubator

24

 

0

 

30

 

 

02/incubator

 

IV cannula

Many 24 & 22G

 

0

 

 

 

 

Only 22G

Not available

Feeding cup

Eight per bed

100

 

0

 

100

 

 

03/unit

 

Chlorhexidine

05 tubes

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

40% glucose

5 ampoules

 

 

 

 

30 ampules

 

IV Cannula no 24

10 in number

 

0

 

0

 

 

10 each available

 

Syringe & needle

3 cc, 5 cc, 10 each

 

 

 

 

 

IV fluids (crystalloids)

N/S, 5% DW, 10% DW

 

 

 

 

02 tubes

 

Tetracycline eye ointment

5 tubes

02

 

02

 

03

 

 

03 ampoules

 

Vitamin K

5 ampoules

02

 

02

 

05

 

 

05 ampoules

 

Adrenaline

5 ampoules

03

 

05

 

05

 

 

0

 

Nevirapine syrup

Two bottles

02

 

0

 

02

 

 

03 ampule

 

Aminophylline

2 ampoules

06

 

10

 

06

 

 

20 tablets

 

Phenobarbitone

One strip

10

 

10

 

10

 

 

20 tablets

 

Phenytoin

One strip

10

 

10

 

20

 

 

02 ampoules

 

Diazepam

Two ampoules

01

 

02

 

03

 

 

0