Emergency, anaesthetic and essential surgical capacity in the Gambia
Adam Iddriss, Nestor Shivute, Stephen Bickler, Ramou Cole-Ceesay, Bakary Jargo, Fizan Abdullah & Meena Cherian
Volume 89, Number 8, August 2011, 565-572
Table 5. Percentage availability of essential supplies in private and public hospitals in the Gambia, 2009
| Item | Total |
Public |
Private |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 18) | (n = 12) | (n = 6) | ||
| Examination gloves | 66.7 | 75.0 | 50.0 | 0.344 |
| Intravenous infusion set | 66.7 | 75.0 | 50.0 | 0.344 |
| Resuscitator bag | 58.8 | 58.3 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Sterilizer | 52.9 | 54.5 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Nasogastric tubes | 38.9 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.627 |
| Eye protection | 18.8 | 18.2 | 20.0 | 1 |