Table VI.
Medications | Facility level | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
PHC | First-level | Referral | Tertiary | |
Aspirin | E | E | E | E |
Unfractionated heparin | I | E | E | E |
Low-molecular weight heparin | I | E | E | E |
Protamine | I | E | E | E |
Benzopyrones (e.g. coumarin) | I | I | D | E |
Warfarin | I | D | E | E |
Vitamin K | I | E | E | E |
Statin | D | E | E | E |
Ivermectin | E | E | E | E |
PHC – primary health center; outpatient clinics, staffed by non-physicians; First-level hospital – typically staffed by general practitioners, may or may not provide surgical services; Referral hospital – typically staffed by specialists, usually including a general surgeon; Tertiary hospital – offer a wider range of specialists, and laboratory and imaging capabilities; Resource designation at a particular level: E – essential; D – desirable; I – irrelevant (i.e. resource not considered to be available at the particular level even with full resource availability);
Essential when the local epidemiology warrants.