Medical Needs

Medical Equipment &
Supplies Needed

Nkwanta District Hospital

Basic Medical Equipment and Supplies Needs

  • Wheel Chairs
  • Bed Sheets
  • Pillows
  • Mosquito Nets
  • 3-Point Canes
  • Head Lamps
  • Otoscopes
  • Stool seats
  • Disposable Ear Wash Kits
  • Delivery Beds
  • Recovery Beds
  • Fetal Heart Monitors
  • Infant Bassinets
  • Microscopes
  • Urine Collectors
  • Blood Draw Tubes
  • Microscope Slide Washer
  • Lab Weight Scale
  • Sharps Containers
  • Blood Tubes Holder
  • Lab Digital Timer
  • Disposable Gloves
  • Gauzes all sizes
  • Centrifuge
  • Dextro-Stix
  • Paper Towels and Dispensers
  • Waste Baskets
  • Red Bags
  • Eye Protectors
  • Industrial Washer & Dryer
  • I V Poles
  • Blue Bed Pads
  • Examination Tables
  • Tablet Counting Tray
  • Computers
  • Motor Scooter

List of Medical Supplies & Instruments Needed
Supplies

  • Glucometers
  • Blood Lancets
  • Intravenous administration sets
  • Blood transfusion sets
  • Medications/solution irrigations
  • Medications/IV solutions
  • Medications sterile Water for injections
  • Centrifuge
  • Intravenous Administration Set Secondary set
  • Intravenous Administration IV set w/flush device
  • Gauze, Assorted sizes non-sterile and sterile
  • Cold packs, instant cold pack
  • Cold packs, Eye care stay dry ice pack
  • Supports, Neonatal IV support
  • Cold packs, bilateral facial packs
  • Splints assorted wrist arm shoulder etc
  • Gloves, Examination Latex: small, medium and large
  • First Aid kits, BP Apparatus, stethoscope
  • Foleys catheters various sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24
  • Surgical facial masks - disposables
  • Surgical caps
  • OR Scrubs All Sizes
  • Povidine and surgical solutions and scrubs
  • Bandage various sizes 2", 3", 4"
  • Bandage POP various sizes
  • Kurlix Bandage various sizes
  • Surgical sutures: Vicryl various sizes,
  • Chromic Catgut various sizes, Catgut Plain, 
  • Nylon and Silk Sutures
  • Disinfectant tablets e.g. Chlorine, Haz tab etc
  • Elastic bandages
  • Feeding/Rhyles tubes various sizes
  • Intravenous cannulas - various sizes
  • Plaster adhesive and surgical plaster for dressings
  • Scalp vein needles/Butterfly needles various sizes
  • Skin traction kits various sizes
  • Sofra tulle/Vaseline dressing gauze
  • Alcohol Wipes
  • Medical Alert ID Bracelets
  • Nebulizers
  • Anesthesia Equipment and Drugs

 

Monitors:

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG) Machines
  • Pulseoxymeters
  • Laryngoscopes with Blades
  • Weighing Scales [Floor one] for Adults
  • Weighing Scales for Neonates
  • Radiant Warmers with Resuscitation Stand/tables  
  • Suction machines 
  • Endotrachial tubes
  • Laryngeal Mask Airways [LMA]
  • Fast Track Laryngeal Mask Airways
  • Anesthesia machine

 


Drugs

  • Analgesics Injectables
  • Analgesics Tablets
  • Antibiotics and antimicrobials
  • Eye drops and Ear drops
  • Pain relievers and fever relievers
  • Sporonox
  • Nizarol
  • Antiepileptics
  • Imodium
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Multivitamins
  • Sedalyn Cough Infant and Adult Etc.

 

 

Muscle Relaxants and Reversals:

  • Suxamethonium
  • Pancuronium
  • Vecuronium
  • Galamine
  • Pyrisdostigmine
  • Atropine
  • Norcuronium
  • Atracurium
  • Tubocurarine
  • Neostigmine
  • Endophorium
  • Glycopyrirate


Local Anaesthetics:


  • Lidocaine with or without Adrenaline
  • Ropivacain
  • Bupivacain
  • Mepivacain

Opiods & Antagonists

  • Ketorolac
  • Alfentanil
  • Pentazocine
  • Naloxone
  • Nalorphine
  • Fentanyl
  • Sulfentanil
  • Pethidine
  • Nalbuphine

  

Intravenous Inductionals:

  • Ketamine
  • Etomidate
  • Propofol
  • Thiopentone
  • Methohexitone

Inhalationals:

  • Halothane
  • Desflurane
  • Sevoflurane
  • Isoflurane
  • Enflurane

 

Benzodiazepines & Others:

  • Midazolam
  • Lorezepain
  • Odansetron
  • Calcium Chloride
  • Potassium Citrate
  • Cimetidine
  • Hydralazine
  • Diazepam
  • Flumazenil
  • Promethazine
  • Potassium [KC1]
  • Ramitidine
  • Magnesium Sulphate

 

 

Basic Surgical Tools

 

  • Tyrell hook 5" blunt - 10
  • 1x2 Tissue forceps 4" -10
  • Dressing forceps - 10
  • Yankaver Sunction Tube - 5
  • Gile Mosquito Forceps 5.3" - 10
  • Mosquito forceps 5" straight - 10
  • Mosquito forceps 5: curved - 10
  • Adson's tooth dissecting forceps 43/4 - 10
  • Adson's dressing [plain] forceps 43/4 - 10
  • Mayo-Hagar needle holder 61/2 - 4
  • Mayo Hagar needle holder 51/2 - 4
  • Webster needle holder 43/4 - 4
  • Senn Retractor Blunt 61/4 - 2
  • Mayo Dissecting scissors curved 51/2 - 5
  • Mayo dissecting scissors straight - 51/2 - 5
  • Metzenbaun scissors 7" curved - 5
  • Balfour Abdominal Retractor - 2
  • Weitlaner Retractor 6.5" - 2
  • Finschictto Retractor - 2

                                   

 

Basic Surgical Supplies

  • Fiber Optic Headlight - 5
  • Patient monitor
  • Malis Bipolar coagulator with footswitch
  • Instrument table - 2
  • Millins bladder retractor
  • Laryngoscope handles
  • Endotrachial tubes sizes 6, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5 - 50 each
  • Laryngealmasks sizes- 2, 2.5, 4, 5
  • Facemasks
  • Standard trauma set
  • Allen adjustable length stirrups - 1 pair
  • Pulse oximeters - 2
  • Diathermy machine with accessories
  • Laryngoscopes with blade sizes 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Sphygmomanometers - 10
  • Oropharyngeal airways

 

 

Nwanta District Hospital Volta Region - Ghana


List of Basic General Instruments

 

Thyroid Extras

  • Joll's thyroid retractor      (1)
  • Enucleate - plain            (1)
  • Enucleate - fenestrated     (1)
  • Thyroid forceps (fine)       (10)
  • Langenbecks retractor      (2)


Resection and Anastomosis

  • Payr's crushing clamps
  • Doyen's soft intestinal clamp straight/curved
  • Lanes twin stomach clamp
 


Hand Retractors


  • Langenbeck retractor
  • Czerny's retractors
  • Morris retractor
  • Kelly retractor
  • Deavers retractor
  • Pelvic retractor

 


Self-Retaining Retractors

  • Pozzi's self retaining retractor with third blade
  • Millins bladder retractor
  • Joll's thyroid retractor
  • West mastoid retractor
  • Pelvic self-retaining retractor

Hook Retractor (Various)

  • Double hook retractor blunt
  • Single hook retractor

Bard Parker Handle (Blade)

  • No 4 blades 20, 21,22,23,24
  • No 3, 5 or 7 blade 10,11,12,15

 

COLLIN'S WOOD STEWARDS HERNIA RING

          GENERAL SET OF INSTRUMENTS

QUANTITY

 

1

2

3

4

5

           Rampleys sponge holding forceps

6

6

6

6

6

           Mayo Hagar needle holder

2

2

2

2

2

           Lanes tissue forceps

2

2

2

2

2

           Mosquito artery forceps curved

6

6

6

6

6

           Mosquito artery forceps straight

6

6

6

6

6

           (Spencer wells) medium artery forceps straight

10

10

10

10

10

           Long curved artery forceps (Robert)

6

6

6

6

6

           Long artery forceps straight

4

4

4

4

4

           Stiles tissue forceps (short)

2

2

2

2

2

           Allis tissue forceps (short)

4

4

4

4

4

           Allis tissue forceps (long)

4

4

4

4

4

           Babcock tissue forceps

4

4

4

4

4

           Backhauls and cross action towel clips

10

10

10

10

10

           Langenbecks retractor

2

2

2

2

2

           Czerny's retractor

2

2

2

2

2

           Intestinal depressor

1

1

1

1

1

           Long toothed dissecting forceps

2

2

2

2

2

           Long-non-toothed dissecting forceps

2

2

2

2

2

           Listers sinus forceps (long)

1

1

1

1

1

           Listers sinus (short)

1

1

1

1

1

           Very long non-toothed dissecting forceps 10"

1

1

1

1

1

           Short non-toothed dissecting forceps

1

1

1

1

1

           Bard parker handle no 4

1

1

1

1

1

           Bard parker handle no 3

1

1

1

1

1

           Morris retractor

2

2

2

2

2

           Boyd Double ended scoop

1

1

1

1

1

           Macdonald's dissector

1

1

1

1

1

           Aneurysm needle

1

1

1

1

1

           Silver probe

1

1

1

1

1

           Mayo scissors curved and straight

1

1

1

1

1

           Nelson's scissor straight and curved

1

1

1

1

1

           Metzembaum scissors (Pack)

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Basic General Surgery Instruments

 

  • Mosquito Forceps straight     (6)
  • Mosquito Forceps curved      (6)
  • Spencer Wells Artery Forceps 6 inches      (6)
  • Spencer Wells Artery Forceps straight (6) inches  (15cm)         (6)
  • Spencer Wells Artery Forceps curved 6 inches   (15cm)          (6)
  • Spencer Wells Artery Forceps straight 9 inches  (23cm)          (6)
  • Spencer Wells Artery Forceps curved 9 inches (23cm)    (6)
  • Kocher's Forceps      (6)
  • Moynihan Cholecystectomy forceps 9inches (23cm)       (6)
  • Dissecting Forceps (Block End) Plain 12.5cm      (2)
  • Dissecting Forceps Standard Tissue1:2 teeth       (2)
  • Dissecting Forceps Bonney1:2 teeth 18cm         (2)
  • Dissecting Forceps (Block End) Plain                (2)
  • Langenbeck Retractor 45 x 13 mm wide      (2)
  • Langenbeck Retractor (Baby) 6mm       (2)
  • Morris Retractor 5 cm wide           (2)
  • Deaver Retractor 2.5cm wide        (2)
  • Deaver Retractor 4cm wide           (2)
  • Joll Thyroid Retractor 12.5cm       (2)
  • Kelly Retractor 6cm wide x 27 cm       (2)
  • Kilner (Catspaw) double ended 15cm         (2)
  • West mastoid Retractor 14cm       (2)
  • Mayo curved scissors 14cm (5½ inches)     (4)
  • Mayo straight scissors 14cm (5½ inches)    (4)
  • Mayo curved scissors 19cm (7½ inches)     (4)
  • Mayo straight scissors 19cm (7½ inches)    (4)
  • Metzenbaum scissors curved 14.5cm (6")     (2)
  • Metzenbaum scissors straight 14.5cm (6")      (2)
  • Metzenbaum scissors curved 20cm (8")          (2)
  • Metzenbaum scissors curved 23cm (9")          (2)
  • Iris sharp pointed fine Scissors straight 9cm       (2)
  • Baby/Children set
  • Iris sharp pointed fine Scissors curved 9cm       (2)
  • Baby/Children set
  • Kilner dissecting scissors fine sharp pointed straight 11cm     (2)         
  • Baby/Children set
  • Kilner dissecting scissors fine sharp pointed curved 11cm     (2)         
  • Baby/Children set
  • Backhaus Towel clip 9 cm        6 pair         
  • Baby/Children set
  • Gillies Hook (Skin) 17cm
  • Skin graft knife Watson (Modified Braithwaite
  • Skin graft blades
  • Needle holders - Mayo Hegar 16.5cm     (4)
  • Needle holders - Mayo Hegar 20cm        (4)
  • Needle holders - Mayo Hegar 23cm        (4)
  • Needle holders - Webster 14cm        (4)
  • Proctoscope
  • Sigmoidoscope
  • Yankaver Sunction (Double angle) stainless steel      (2)
  • Auvard's Vaginal Speculum
  • Sims Vaginal Speculum
  • Cusco's Vaginal Speculum
  • Allis Tissue Forceps 15 cm         (10)
  • Allis Tissue Forceps 20 cm         (10)
  • Allis Tissue Forceps 23 cm         (10)
  • Babcock Tissue Forceps 15 cm     (10)
  • Babcock Tissue Forceps 20 cm      (10)
  • Littlewood Tissue Forceps 18.5 cm      (10)
  • Duval Tissue Forceps       (10)
  • Lane Tissue Forceps 12.5 cm       (10)
  • Lane Tissue Forceps 19.5 cm       (10)
  • Backhaus Towel clip 12.5 cm       6 pair
  • Sinus forceps
  • Rampley's sponge holding forceps short
  • Rampley's sponge holding forceps long
  • Hernia Ring
  • Mayo instrument Pin    
  • Intestinal Clamp - Doyen  Baby straight          
  • Light occlusion /Payr crushing
  • Baby curved
  • Child straight
  • Child curved
  • Adult straight
  • Adult curved


You may visit http://www.villagerelief.org/ghana.htm  to see Dr. Koku receiving donation of an 
operatin room microscope. 
 

For any Questions concerning the List of Medical Supplies and Equipment needed

you may contact Dr. John Koku Awoonor Wiiliams at  kawoonor@africaonline.com.gh

 

Carmen Cook
(386)532-7902