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Table 3 Availability of basic essential inputs in health facilities

From: Are health facilities well equipped to provide basic quality childbirth services under the free maternal health policy? Findings from rural Northern Ghana

Basic essential inputs (utilities)

N = 14 (facilities)

Yes n (%)

Clean water

2(14%)

Electricity

5(36%)

Emergency transport

1(7%)

Health workforce (guidelines and staff training)

 Guidelines

11(79%)

 Staff training

9(64%)

Medical products, vaccines and technology (drugs, supplies, equipment)

Basic drugs for EmONC

 Antibiotic eye ointment

8(57%)

 Injectable oxytocin/ergometrine

9(64%)

 Oral antibiotic

14(100%)

 Magnesium sulphate

9(64%)

 Injectable antibiotic

9(64%)

 Intravenous solution and infusion set

14(100%)

Other drugs

 Vitamin K

9(64%)

Basic supplies and equipment

 Skin disinfectant

6(43%)

 Cotton and gauze

14(100%)

 Gloves

14(100%)

 Partograph

14(100%)

 Cord clamp

8(57%)

 Delivery bed

14(100%)

 Examination light

5(36%)

 Scissors and blade

9(64%)

 Suction apparatus

3(21%)

 Needles and syringes

10(71%)

 Suture material/needle holder

14(100%)

 Forceps

14(100%)

 Speculum

12(86%)