Table 6. Frequency of Availability of Essential Equipment and Supplies at Selected DRC Hospitals.
Equipment/Supplies | Abuzi | Bwamanda | Demba | Goma | Kabare | Kinkanda | Kirotshe | Lubumbashi | Mulongo | Panzi | Wapinda | Yakoma |
Gloves, sterile, sizes 6–8 | O | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | O | ✓ |
Oropharyngeal airway, adult | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | O | ✓ | ✓ | X | X |
Resuscitator bag valve and mask, adult | X | ✓ | X | O | ✓ | O | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | O |
Mask and tubing to connect oxygen supply | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | O | ✓ | O | O | ✓ | X | X |
Oxygen source (cylinder/concentrator) | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | O | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | X |
Chest tubes insertion equipment | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | O | O | ✓ | X | X |
Abbreviations: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; ✓, Always; X, Never; O, Sometimes.