Table 4.
Availability of key drugs in four hospitals in south Ethiopia, October, 2014
| Key Drugs | Hospitals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCH | DSMCPH | TZH | WSUTRH | |
| Amoxicillin | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Oral rehydration salt (ORS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Arthemeter/Lumefantrine | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mebendazole tablet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tetracycline eye ointment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Paracetamol | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Refampicin/Isoniazide/Pyrazinamide/Ethambutol | - | ✓ | - | - |
| Medroxyprogestrone (Depo) Injection | - | ✓ | - | - |
| Ergometrine maleate injection /tablet | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Ferrous sulphate + Folic acid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pentavalent.DPT.Hep.Hib vaccine | - | - | ✓ | - |
| Adrenaline 0.1 % injection | - | ✓ | - | - |
| Antirabies vaccine | - | - | - | - |
| Oxytocine 10 units | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Insulin Zinc Suspension | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Normal saline | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Percentage of availability of key drugs | 62.5 | 81.3 | 68.8 | 50 |
✓ = availability of the item (s); - = absence of the item (s) or stock out