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Table 5 The situation of hygiene of health facilities

From: Health facility preparedness for cholera outbreak response in four cholera-prone districts in Cameroon: a cross sectional study

Indicator

Far North Region (FN)

Littoral region (LT)

Total

Kousser i(N = 15)

Mada (N = 11)

Total FN (N = 26)

Deido (N = 60)

Nylon (N = 48)

Total LT (N = 108)

LT + FN(N = 134)

N

%

n

%

N

%

n

%

N

%

n

%

n

%

Presence of a hygiene committee

2

13.3

1

9.1

3

11.5

13

22.4

32

66.7

45

42.5

48

36.4

Presence of a budget allocated to Hygiene/sanitation

1

6.7

4

36.4

5

19.2

22

37.9

32

66.7

54

50.9

59

44.7

Presence of a support agent(cleaner)

6

40.0

6

54.5

12

46.2

33

55.9

29

60.4

62

57.9

74

55.6

Presence of washbasin

12

80.0

4

36.4

16

61.5

38

63.3

19

39.6

57

52.8

73

54.5

Presence of soap for hand washing

10

66.7

11

100.0

21

80.8

41

68.3

12

25.0

53

49.1

74

55.2

Presence of a guideline on hand washing

6

40.0

5

45.5

9

34.6

18

30.0

4

8.3

12

11.1

21

24.6

Presence of a cleaning time table

13

86.7

4

36.4

17

65.4

30

51.7

40

85.1

70

66.7

87

66.4

Toilet washed two or more times per day

6

42.9

3

27.3

9

36.0

35

59.3

28

60.9

60

60.0

72

55.4

Presence of chlorine bleach for disinfection

7

46.7

6

66.7

13

54.2

57

98.3

46

95.8

103

97.2

116

89.2

Water treated before using for hand washing

11

78.6

9

90.0

20

83.3

12

20.0

28

58.3

40

37.0

60

45.5

Water treated before using for cleaning tools

12

80.0

9

90.0

21

84.0

20

33.3

31

64.6

51

47.2

72

54.1