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Hopital Ste. Croix
- Leogane, Haiti
Basic Needs List
The following is a list of simple items that Hopital Ste. Croix uses every day for patient care. They are items available at any drug outlet and inexpensive. They are ALL essential in providing basic care to all Haitian patients regardless of their financial background.
Adhesive
tape, 1/2 or 1 inch wide
Antibiotic Ointment, 1/2 oz. size
Band Aids, Extra wide
Band Aids, 1 inch
Bandage scissors, 6-8 inches long
Bar soap, any brand
Exam Gloves, latex - Medium and Large
Gauze, rolled sterile, 3-4 inch wide
Liquid Soap for skin
Q-tips, double or single
Razors, disposable
Thermometers, rectal
Vitamin C tablets, 500 mg
The items below are a list other items that are always needed for patient care
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Health Kits |
Items personal hygiene like - shampoo, bar soap, combs, brushes, toothpaste and tooth brushes, wash towels |
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Infant Kits |
Baby shampoo, oil, baby powder, small receiving blankets, comes, brushes, diapers and pins, shirts etc. |
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Bars of soap |
Wrapped on washcloths. |
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Hand towels |
Many patients arrive with nothing. |
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Bedding |
Twin sheets, flat, white. New or Used. |
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School Kits |
Pens, pencils, notebooks, paper, ruler, crayons, colored paper, coloring books etc. Avoid those with large amounts of English text. |
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Patient gowns |
Open in back with ties, short sleeves, cool, light weight material, washable and NOT too pretty. Adult size (but remember, that most Haitians are smaller than we are). |
The items below represent medical supplies which are always needed
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Supplies |
Quantity |
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Betadine scrub, any size
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100 |
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Betadine surgical scrub brushes or the equivalent
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500 |
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Blood Pressure cuff |
10 |
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Catheter Foley # 16 |
50 |
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Catheter Foley # 18 |
50 |
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Film X-Ray, 24 cm X 30 cm |
100 |
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Film X-Ray, 35 cm X 43 cm |
100 |
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Gauze Pads or sponges, 4 x 4 |
1,000 |
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Gloves, surgical |
500 |
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Multistix, diagnostic 100 in |
10 |
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Slides, microscopic 50 in |
10 |
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Surgical Masks
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1,000 |
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Surgical Caps
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1,000 |
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Surgical shoe covers
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1,000 |
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Syringes with needle 5 ml 100 in |
10 |
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Syringes with needle 10 ml 100 in |
10 |
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Tape, adhesive any kind 1/2 inch or 1 inch |
500 |
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Thermometer, oral
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500 |
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Umbilical clamps
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500 |
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Medicines |
Quantity |
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Amoxiciliin 250 mgm capsules 500 in |
10 |
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Amoxicillin 500 mgm capsules 500 in |
10 |
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Ampicillin Injectable 1 GM vial |
500 |
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Bupivacaine 0.5% 20 ml
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10 |
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Cimetidine 400 mgm tablet 1000 in |
5 |
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Dexamethasone Injectable |
100 |
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Furosemide Tablet 40 mgm 1000 in |
5 |
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Furosemide Injectable 20 mgm |
500 |
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Gentamycine Injectable 1 Gm |
500 |
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Hydrochlorothiazide 50 mgm tab 1000 in
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10 |
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Ibuprofen 200 or 400 mgm tablet 1000 in |
20 |
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Iron tablets
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100,000 |
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Lidocaine Injecatable 2% 20 or 50 ml |
100 |
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Methydopa Tablet 250 mgm 1000 in
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10 |
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Metronidazol 500 mgm 1000 in |
5 |
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Multivitamine, adult one a day strength, NOT Chewable |
100,000 |
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Neomycin/Bacitracin Antibiotic, |
500 |
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Phenytoine (dilantin) 100 mgm 1000 in |
2 |
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Tetracycline capsules 250 mgm |
10,000 |
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For regular mail use
this address: Hopital Ste. Croix % Lynx Air International P.O. Box 407139 For Lauderdale, Florida 33340 |
For packages and boxes over two pounds in weight, please use
this address: Hopital Ste. Croix % Lynx Air International 5500 N.W. 21st Terrace Hangar 24 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309 |
Remember:
Hopital Ste. Croix is charged shipping charges of $1.25 per pound. If you
would like to prepay these charges please send a check to the regular mailing
address (listed above) and note on the check: "for the Ste. Croix account".
Lynx Air has agreed to carry up to 100 pound boxes or items.
They also will offer "next flight" service for $2.50 per pound. That normally
means the item will be in Haiti within two to four days. Normal service
usually requires seven to ten days to arrive in Haiti.
prepared by:
Tom Clayton, R.
Ph.
Procurement
Hopital Ste. Croix
Leogane, Haiti
Links
Episcopal Medical Missions Foundation: Making a Difference
in Haiti