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. 2017 Oct 27;18:502. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2241-8

Table 2.

Characteristics of 12 secondary-level hospitals in southwest Nigeria: paediatric and neonatal wards (adapted from baseline needs assessment [8])

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Hospital type State Mission Mission State State State State State Mission Mission Mission State
Beds (child + neonatal) 13 (9 + 4) 32 (20 + 12) 63 (38 + 25) 36 (26 + 10) 46 (22 + 24) 60 (44 + 16) 48 (20 + 28) 36 (16 + 20) 20 (15 + 5) 14 (12 + 2) 70 (40 + 30) 25 (21 + 4)
Admissions (annual) 185 507 2343 238 791 849 3431 1945 431 344 2345 744
 Child 180 444 1649 231 552 679 1959 1111 292 325 972 683
 Neonate 5 63 693 7 239 170 1473 834 139 19 1373 61
Staffing
 Access to paediatrician Noa Noa Yesb Noa No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yesb Yesb Yes
 Medical (entire hospital) 7 4 6 7 12 17 16 11 5 6 4 2
 Nursing (paediatric) 11 7 18 26 31 62 26 33 (3) 9 (2) 4 18 16 (2)
Power supply (h/day) power interruptions 6–12 hourly 6–12 hourly 12–18 hourly 6–12 hourly 6–12 hourly 12–18 hourly 12–18 hourly 6–12 hourly >18 > daily >18 > daily 12–18 hourly 6–12 hourly
Oxygen supply Poor Poor Poor Poor Fair Poor Poor Poor Fair Poor Poor Poor
 Oxygen cylinders Yesd Yesd Yes Yesd Yes Yes Yesc Yes Yesd Yesd Yesd Yesd
 Oxygen concentrators No No Yese No No No Yese Yese Yes Yese Yese Yese
Pulse oximeters No No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Maintenance capacity and procedures Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Fair Fair
Clinical guidelines, education and review Poor Fair Poor Poor Fair Poor Good Fair Fair Poor Fair Poor
Care systems
 Clinical records Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair
 Administrative records Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Fair Fair Poor
 Medication and supplies Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good
 Infection control Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good
 Neonatal resuscitation Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Good Good Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor

Notes: aFamily medicine consultant, bpart-time, cpiped system connected to large oxygen cylinder, dnot present in paediatric areas, epresent but not fit for use. Summary indicators of oxygen supply and care systems include composite measures for oxygen supply reliability (presence of oxygen source, access to resupply, quantity to meet need), oxygen delivery devices (nasal prongs/catheter presence, access to resupply, quantity to meet need), clinical records (quality of case note and admission book documentation), administrative records (quality of medical record summary statistics procedures, documentation, and reporting), medication and supplies (checklist of essential items), infection control (availability and visible use of water and soap in clinical areas, reported infection control procedures), neonatal resuscitation (presence of resuscitation bag, neonatal mask, resuscitation table/cot)