Table 1.
Results of Situational Analysis Tool
| C | I | N | |||
| General and congenital | |||||
| Blood bank | 29 | 48 | 23 | ||
| Personnel | Electricity | 44 | 52 | 4 | |
| General physician performing surgery | 113 | Emergency guidelines | 25 | 13 | 63 |
| Non-physicians performing surgery | 122 | Emergency room | 33 | 15 | 52 |
| Paramedics and midwives | 4017 | Generator | 58 | 2 | 40 |
| Physicians trained in surgery (specialist) | 64 | Haemoglobin and urine analysis | 96 | 4 | 0 |
| Medical records | 98 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Procedure | P | Running water | 56 | 35 | 8 |
| Appendectomy | 69 | Surgery guidelines | 58 | 6 | 35 |
| Biopsy | 81 | Cotton wool | 77 | 21 | 2 |
| Burn care | 90 | Adhesive tape | 96 | 4 | 0 |
| Cataract repair | 35 | Apron, plastic, reusable | 81 | 15 | 4 |
| Cleft lip repair | 25 | Bandages sterile | 98 | 2 | 0 |
| Congenital hernia repair | 71 | Batteries for flashlight | 58 | 33 | 8 |
| Cystotomy | 63 | Bucket, plastic | 94 | 6 | 0 |
| Hernia repair | 69 | Capped bottle, alcohol solution | 79 | 13 | 8 |
| Hydrocele | 88 | Disposable needles # 25, 21, 19 | 98 | 2 | 0 |
| Incision and drainage | 98 | Drum for sterile dressings | 83 | 8 | 8 |
| Laparotomy | 75 | Examination table | 90 | 10 | 0 |
| Male circumcision | 98 | Eye protection | 40 | 15 | 46 |
| Neonatal surgery | 35 | Face masks | 69 | 25 | 6 |
| Suturing | 100 | Forceps, Kocher | 73 | 19 | 8 |
| Tubal ligation/vasectomy | 71 | Forceps, artery | 81 | 10 | 8 |
| Urethral stricture | 46 | Gloves (non-sterile) | 92 | 8 | 0 |
| Gloves (sterile) | 90 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Kidney dishes, stainless steel | 88 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Light source (lamp and flashlight) | 73 | 17 | 10 | ||
| Nail brush, scrubbing | 85 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Nasogastric tubes 10 to 16 FG | 71 | 17 | 13 | ||
| Needle holder | 90 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Needles, cutting and round | 94 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Retractors | 77 | 17 | 6 | ||
| Scalpel handle with blade | 94 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Scissors blunt 14 cm | 83 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Scissors straight 12 cm | 77 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Sharps disposal container | 98 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sheeting, plastic for exam table | 65 | 23 | 13 | ||
| Soap | 98 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sterile gauze dressing | 96 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Steriliser | 85 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Suction pump (manual or electric) | 96 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Suture, synthetic absorbable | 90 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Syringes 10 ml | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Syringes 2 ml | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thermometer | 96 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Towel cloth | 85 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Urinary catheter disposable #12, 14, 18 | 58 | 33 | 8 | ||
| Wash basin | 94 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Waste disposal container | 98 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Anaesthesiology/airway management | |||||
| Anaesthesia guidelines | 27 | 4 | 69 | ||
| Personnel | Anaesthesia machine | 67 | 0 | 33 | |
| General practitioners performing anaesthesia | 16 | Blood pressure measuring equipment | 98 | 2 | 0 |
| Non-physicians performing anaesthesia | 176 | Cricothyroidotomy set | 27 | 21 | 52 |
| Physicians trained in anaesthesiology (specialist) | 11 | Endotracheal tubes, cuffed sizes 5.5 to 9 | 65 | 8 | 27 |
| Endotracheal tubes, uncuffed sizes 3.0 to 5.0 | 54 | 19 | 27 | ||
| Procedure | P | IV cannula sizes 18, 22, 24 | 92 | 8 | 0 |
| Airway foreign body | 83 | IV infusion set | 90 | 10 | 0 |
| Cricothyroidotomy | 44 | IV Infusor bags | 73 | 10 | 17 |
| General anaesthesia | 65 | Laryngoscope handle | 71 | 15 | 15 |
| Ketamine IV | 67 | Laryngoscope Macintosh blades (adult) | 73 | 15 | 13 |
| Regional anaesthesia | 42 | Laryngoscope Macintosh blades (paediatric) | 46 | 21 | 33 |
| Resuscitation | 88 | Magills forceps (adult) | 56 | 27 | 17 |
| Spinal anaesthesia | 77 | Magills forceps (paediatric) | 38 | 23 | 40 |
| Mask and tubing to connect to oxygen supply | 46 | 27 | 27 | ||
| Oropharyngeal airway (adult) | 42 | 35 | 23 | ||
| Oropharyngeal airway (paediatric) | 21 | 23 | 56 | ||
| Oxygen concentrator | 75 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Oxygen cylinder | 33 | 31 | 35 | ||
| Pain management guidelines | 25 | 13 | 63 | ||
| Post-operative recovery room | 29 | 10 | 60 | ||
| Pulse oximetry | 13 | 4 | 83 | ||
| Resuscitator bag valve and mask (adult) | 67 | 15 | 19 | ||
| Resuscitator bag valve and mask (paediatric) | 38 | 17 | 46 | ||
| Scalp vein infusion set | 98 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Spare bulbs and batteries for laryngoscope | 44 | 27 | 29 | ||
| Stethoscope | 98 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Suction catheter sizes 16 Fr | 77 | 15 | 8 | ||
| Tongue depressor, wooden, disposable | 83 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Orthopaedics and traumatology | |||||
| Radiography | 33 | 44 | 23 | ||
| Procedure | P | Chest tube insertion equipment | 54 | 25 | 21 |
| Chest tube placement | 63 | Splints for arm, leg | 63 | 21 | 17 |
| Clubfoot repair | 35 | Tourniquet | 96 | 4 | 0 |
| Contracture release | 33 | ||||
| Debridement | 92 | ||||
| Fracture management, closed | 88 | ||||
| Fracture management, open | 61 | ||||
| Joint dislocation reduction | 92 | ||||
| Limb amputation | 65 | ||||
| Osteomyelitis/septic arthritis | 63 | ||||
| Obstetrics/gynaecology | |||||
| Vaginal speculum | 90 | 10 | 27 | ||
| Personnel | |||||
| Physicians trained in OBGYN (specialists) | 74 | ||||
| Procedure | P | ||||
| Caesarean delivery | 67 | ||||
| Dilation and curettage | 77 | ||||
| Obstetric fistula repair | 21 | ||||
C, % of facilities with consistent access; I, % of facilities with intermittent access; N, % of facilities with no access; P, % of facilities which offer the procedure.