Table 2.
Serosurvey equipment and supplies, including quantity and brand, when informative
| Equipment | Quantity | Brand |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | ||
| 8 × 10 ft tarpauline | 2 | Kotap Heavy Duty Tarp (Kotap America Ltd., Lawrence, NY) |
| 10 × 10 ft canopy | 2 | E-Z Up Canopy (E-Z UP, Inc., Norco, CA) |
| Folding camp cot | 3 | Texsport Deluxe Folding Camp Cot (Texsport, Inc., Houston, TX) |
| Collapsible stools | 3 | Rothco Black Collapsible Stools (Rothco, Ronkonkoma, NY) |
| Cassette player | 2 | Coby CXCD248 Portable Stereo Cassette Player (Coby Electronics Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong, China) |
| D batteries for cassette player | 2 boxes | Energizer Industrial Alkaline batteries (Energizer, St. Louis, MO) |
| Audio cassettes (90 minutes) | 6 | Maxell Dictation and Audio Cassettes (Maxell, Woodland Park, NJ) |
| Hemoglobin-measuring device | 4 | HemoCue® HB201 + Analyzer (HemoCue America, Brea, CA) |
| Hemoglobin microcuvettes | 10 boxes of 200 | HemoCue Hb 201 Hemoglobin microcuvettes |
| Generator (3000 W; 120V/240V; 60 Hz; unleaded gasoline; portable) | 1 | Newstar 3000 Generator (New Star Technology, Inc., Montclair, CA) |
| Satellite phones | 4 | Iridium 9555 (Iridium Communications, Inc., McLean, VA) |
| GPS | 3 | Garmin eTrex Venture HC GPS Receiver (Garmin International, Inc., Olathe, KS) |
| Netbook for data entry | 1 | ASUS Eee PC (Asus Computer International, Fremont, CA) |
| Phlebotomy | ||
| Tourniquets | 2 cases of 500 each | Fisherbrand Nonlatex Disposable Tourniquet (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA) |
| 5 mL syringes | 10 pack of 50 each | BD Safety-Lok Syringes (Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ) |
| Labels | 40 sets | Brady LABXPERT High-Performance Laboratory Polyester Labels (Brady Corporation, Milwaukee, WI) |
| Label maker | 2 | Brady LABXPERT v2.0 Labeling System |
| AA batteries for label makers | 2 boxes of 24 | Energizer Industrial Alkaline batteries |
| Vacutainer holders | 2 cases of 1000 each | BD Vacutainer Tube Holder |
| 23-gauge butterfly needles, 22-gauge needles | 8 cases of 200 butterfly needles, 1 pack of 10 22-gauge boxes | BD Vacutainer Safety-Lok Blood Collection Sets, BD PrecisionGlide Needles |
| Alcohol swabs | 2 cases of 1200 each | BD Brand Isopropyl Alcohol Swabs |
| Gauze sponges, 2 × 2 in | 2 cases of 25 packs each | Fisherbrand Gauze Sponges |
| Gauze sponges, 4 × 4 in | 1 case of 25 packs of 200 each | Fisherbrand Gauze Sponges |
| Bandages (3/4 × 3 in strips) | 2 cases of 12 packs each | BSN Jobst Coverlet Adhesive Dressings (BSN medical Inc., Charlotte, NC) |
| Lancets (200/box) | 4 boxes | BD Microtainer Contact-Activated Lancet. |
| Serum separator tubes (3.5 mL) | 2 cases of 10 packs of 100 each | BD Vacutainer Venous Blood Collection Tubes: SST, 3.5 mL |
| Safety box containers for used sharps disposal | 1 case of 24 containers | BD Multi-Use Nestable Sharps Collectors, 8 quart |
| Papoose boards | 5 | Olympia Medical 50510 Small Papoose Boards (Natus Medical Inc., Pleasanton, CA) |
| Gloves (latex, nitrile, or equivalent) | Small: 6 pack of 100 each | Fisherbrand Powder-Free Latex Exam Gloves, Kimberly-Clark Professional Purple Nitrile Exam Gloves (Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Irving, TX) |
| Medium: 2 cases of 10 packs of 100 each | ||
| Large: 10 pack of 100 each | ||
| Filter papers | 35 packs of 100 each | Whatman 903 Protein Saver cards (GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA) |
| Sealable plastic bags | 35 packs of 100 each | Whatman plastic sample bags |
| Desiccant packs | 35 packs of 100 each | Whatman 903 desiccant packs |
| Paper towels | – | |
| Biohazard bags | 1 pack of 200 | Fisherbrand Polypropylene Biohazard Autoclave Bags, 24 × 36 in. |
| Biohazard bag holders | 2 | Bel-Art Scienceware Clavies Biohazard Bag Holders, 24 × 36 in. (Bel-Art Products, Wayne, NJ) |
| Treatment | ||
| Iron supplement | 1 bottle per participant | HaemUp™ iron syrup with folate (available locally) (Cadila Pharmaceuticals PLC, Addis Ababa, Oromia, Ethiopia) |
| Mebendazole | 1 treatment per participant | Available locally |
| Vitamin A (100,000 IU capsules) | 1 capsule for infants | Available locally |
| 2 capsules for toddlers | ||
| Serum processing | ||
| Test tube racks | Available locally | |
| Centrifuge | 5 | Portafuge™, Model E8-3000 (LW Scientific, Lawrenceville, GA) |
| Insulated container for serum samples | 2 | Available locally |
| Cold packs | Multiple | Available locally |
| Portable refrigeration unit | 5 | Engel portable fridge/freezer, Model no. MT45F-U1 (Engel Machinery Inc., York, PA) |
| Screw cap cryovial 2-mL microcentrifuge tubes | 3 cases of 5 packs | Screw Cap Micro Tubes, 2 mL (Sarstedt AG & Co., Nümbrecht, Germany) |
| 100–1000 μL Pipettors and pipette tips | 2 pipettors | Finnpipette F1 pipettors (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA) |
| 3 cases of 960 pipette tips | Finntip filtered pipette tips (100–1000 μL) (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA) | |
| Tape | Strate-Line Autoclavable Tape, locally available clear tape (Propper Manufacturing, Long Island City, NY) | |
| Freezer storage boxes with separators | 9 packs of 12 boxes each | Thermo Scientific Freezer Fiberboard Storage Boxes and Box Dividers (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA) |
| Bleach solution, 10% | – | Available locally |
| Paperwork | ||
| Protocols | – | – |
| Informed consent forms | 2 per participant | – |
| Case report forms | 1 per participant | – |
| Serum separator tube sample log sheet | – | – |
| Filter paper sample log sheets | – | – |
| Hemoglobin measurement log sheets | – | – |
| Serum specimen log sheet | – | – |
| Paper pads | 12 | Universal Legal Ruled Paper Pads (United Stationers Supply Company, Deerfield, IL) |
| Ink pads | 2 per team | Available locally |
| Black pens | 6 dozen | Paper Mate ComfortMate Grip Retractable Ballpoint Pens (Paper Mate Products, Inc., Oak Brook, IL) |
| Black permanent markers | 24 | Sharpie Ultra Fine Tip Permanent Markers (Newell Rubbermaid, Atlanta, GA) |
| Scissors (5′′) | 4 | Sparco Pointed Tip Grip Bent Handle Scissors (S.P. Richards Company, Smyrna, GA) |
| Storage clipboard | 5 | OIC Slim Storage Clipboard (Officemate International Corporation, Edison, NJ) |
GPS = global positioning system; SST = serum separator tube.