Table 2 Basic and comprehensive signal Function criteria for PAC and SAC, Ghana 2018
| Â | Total | Facility type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Primary facilities | Referral facilities | ||||
Post Abortion Care | Weighted N | % | Weighted N | % | Weighted N | % |
Basic and comprehensive | ||||||
 Remove retained products of conception | 1044 | 73% | 533 | 59% | 512 | 96% |
 Administer parenteral antibiotics1 | 904 | 64% | 452 | 51% | 452 | 85% |
 Administer parenteral uterotonics | 959 | 67% | 504 | 56% | 454 | 85% |
 Administer intravenous fluids | 1060 | 74% | 576 | 64% | 483 | 91% |
 Offers family planning 7 days each week | 1212 | 85% | 790 | 88% | 422 | 79% |
 Provide at least one modern, short-acting family planning method2 | 635 | 52% | 459 | 57% | 176 | 41% |
 Has staff trained in PAC on duty or on call 24 h, 7 days a week | 879 | 61% | 524 | 58% | 355 | 67% |
Basic Only | ||||||
 Communicate with (other) referral facilities | 1341 | 94% | 821 | 91% | 520 | 98% |
 Has vehicle with fuel to transport women needing referral elsewhere | 983 | 69% | 568 | 63% | 415 | 78% |
Comprehensive only criteria (only in referral facilities) | ||||||
 Administer a blood transfusion3 | – | – | – | – | 326 | 61% |
 Reported having a functional operating room for PAC in the 3 months before survey | – | – | – | – | 457 | 86% |
 Reported offering at least one long-acting reversible method or permanent method during the survey | – | – | – | – | 402 | 75% |
 Total Facilities providing PAC in the past year 5 | 1432 | 57% | 898 | 48% | 533 | 87% |
Safe Abortion Care | ||||||
 Basic and comprehensive | ||||||
  Perform vacuum aspiration | 417 | 90% | 208 | 83% | 208 | 97% |
  Can provide medication abortion | 422 | 91% | 226 | 90% | 196 | 91% |
  Offer family planning at least once a week | 425 | 92% | 228 | 91% | 198 | 92% |
  Provide at least one modern short acting family planning method | 418 | 90% | 220 | 88% | 198 | 92% |
  1+ health professionals on duty | 465 | 100% | 250 | 100% | 215 | 100% |
  Communication or referral for facilities without comprehensive PAC | 366 | 79% | 199 | 79% | 167 | 78% |
 Comprehensive only criteria (only in referral facilities) | ||||||
  Can provide dilatation and evacuation for second trimester abortions | – | – | – | – | 54 | 25% |
  Provide at least one long acting reversible or permanent method | – | – | – | – | 189 | 88% |
  Total Facilities providing SAC in the past year 5 | 465 | 19% | 250 | 13% | 215 | 35% |
  Facilities with a copy of Comprehensive Abortion Care guidelines on-site4 | 379 | 24% | 239 | 24% | 140 | 26% |
  Total number of sampled facilities providing PAC and/or SAC | 1550 |  | 1003 |  | 547 |  |