Table 4.
Availability of disposable material to implement the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines
| African countries N = 263 |
High-income countries N = 44 |
P-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Always | Some-times | Never | Don't know | Always | Some-times | Never | Don't know | ||
| Disposable material | |||||||||
| IV cannula | 253 (97.3) | 6 (2.3) | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 44 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.55 |
| IV fluid giving set | 253 (97.7) | 3 (1.2) | 3 (1.2) | 0 | 44 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Urinary catheter | 249 (95.4) | 12 (4.6) | 0 | 0 | 44 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Nasogastric tube | 246 (94.3) | 15 (5.7) | 0 | 0 | 44 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Endotracheal tube | 251 (96.5) | 6 (2.3) | 3 (1.2) | 0 | 44 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.46 |
| Oxygen face mask | 252 (96.6) | 7 (2.7) | 2 (0.8) | 0 | 44 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.46 |
| Oxygen nasal cannula | 212 (81.5) | 37 (14.2) | 9 (3.5) | 2 (0.8) | 44 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01* |
| Central venous catheter | 126 (48.8) | 64 (24.8) | 63 (24.4) | 5 (1.9) | 44 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | <0.001* |
| Antithrombotic stockings | 65 (25.4) | 64 (25) | 94 (36.7) | 33 (12.9) | 43 (97.7) | 1 (2.3) | 0 | 0 | <0.001* |
*, significant group difference ('don't know' choices were not included in statistical comparisons); IV, intravenous.