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Table 6 Availability of sanitary facilities in the 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

%

Does not have any toilet

2

13.3

2

18.2

4

15.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

4

3.0

Presence of an adequate system for evacuation of used water

7

46.7

2

20.0

9

36.0

57

95.0

43

89.6

100

92.6

109

82.0

Presence of an incinerator

2

13.3

1

12.5

3

13.0

2

3.3

3

6.3

5

4.6

8

6.1

Presence of autoclave

1

6.7

2

18.2

3

11.5

19

31.7

13

27.1

32

29.6

35

26.1

Presence of sterilizer

3

20.0

3

27.3

6

23.1

33

55.0

26

54.2

59

54.6

65

48.5

Presence of septic tank

12

80.0

9

81.8

21

80.8

12

20.0

5

10.4

17

15.7

38

28.4

Presence of a guideline on the treatment of biological waste

1

6.7

2

20.0

3

12.0

18

30.0

4

8.3

22

20.4

25

18.8

Presence of a personnel trained on waste treatment

4

26.7

1

9.1

5

19.2

14

23.3

23

47.9

37

34.3

42

31.3

waste separated (ie, sharps, infectious waste, and non-infectious waste)

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

26

43.3

29

60.4

55

50.9

55

41.0