Table 2 Hospital readiness for implementation of inpatient malaria test and treat policy, Kano state
From: Health systems readiness and quality of inpatient malaria case-management in Kano State, Nigeria
Hospital characteristics (N = 22) | n (%) |
|---|---|
Availability of malaria diagnostic services | |
 Any malaria diagnostics (RDT or microscopy) | 17 (77) |
  Functional malaria microscopy | 16 (73) |
  Non-expired RDTs in stock | 6 (27) |
Availability of anti-malarials | |
 Any injectable anti-malarial drug in stock on survey days | 19 (86) |
  Artesunate injections | 13 (59) |
  Artemether injections | 15 (68) |
  Quinine injections | 13 (59) |
 Any ACT in stock on survey days | 21 (96) |
  Artemether-lumefantrine tablets | 20 (91) |
  Artesunate-amodiaquine tablets | 19 (86) |
 Artesunate stock-out experienced in past 3 months | 8 (37) |
Availability of any malaria diagnostics, artesunate and any ACT | 10 (46) |
Availability of job aids in admission wardsa | |
 Artesunate poster displayed in at least one ward | 7 (32) |
 Artesunate poster displayed in all wards | 4 (18) |
 ACT dosing poster displayed in at least one ward | 2 (9) |