Table 2 Availability of standard inpatient and outpatient registers in health facilities, Sierra Leone, 2016–2018
Type of register | Recommended use/Description | No. of facilities required to use register | No. (%) of health facilities where register was available and in use |
|---|---|---|---|
Hospital outpatient register | Used in hospitals to record information for all outpatient visits | 49 | 42 (85.7) |
Hospital in-patient register | Used in hospitals to record information on all admissions | 49 | 40 (81.6) |
Under 5 years register | Used in CHC, CHP and MCHP to record information on outpatient visits for children aged less than 5 years | 390 | 383 (98.2) |
General clinic register | Used in CHC, CHP and MCHP to record information on outpatient visits for persons aged > 5 years | 390 | 384 (98.5) |
Mother and neonate register | Used in all health facilities to record information on antenatal visits and child immunization | 444 | 364 (82) |
Maternity and delivery register | Used in all health facilities to record information on deliveries, maternal deaths | 444 | 396 (89.2) |
Laboratory register | Used only in health facilities (some CHCs and all hospitals) that have laboratories, to record information for all laboratory tests conducted in the laboratory, including malaria diagnostic tests | 144 | 109 (75.7) |