Oxygen access summary data for secondary and primary health facilities in Ikorodu LGA, Lagos, Nigeria
Characteristic | Hospital | Government PHC | Private facility | Overall |
Facilities surveyed (% of total in Ikorodu LGA) | 3/3 (100%) | 28/28 (100%) | 27/147 (18%) | 58/179 (32%) |
Oxygen source | ||||
Facilities with ANY oxygen source | 3/3 (100%) | 12/28 (43%) | 27/27 (100%) | 42/58 (72%) |
None | 0 | 16 (57%) | 0 | 16 (28%) |
Cylinder only | 0 | 4 (14%) | 6 (22%) | 10 (17%) |
Concentrator only | 1 (33%) | 2 (7%) | 5 (19%) | 8 (14%) |
Both | 2 (67%) | 6 (21%) | 16 (59%) | 24 (41%) |
Facilities with functional oxygen source* | 3/3 (100%) | 9/28 (32%) | 22/27 (81%) | 34/58 (59%) |
Cylinder location | N=14 | N=17 | N=51 | N=82 |
Theatre | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
Emergency/triage | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Adult/general ward | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Paediatric/neonatal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Outpatient/clinic | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Delivery suite | 0 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
ICU | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Store | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentrator location | N=3 | N=11 | N=28 | N=42 |
Theatre | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
Emergency/triage | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Adult/general ward | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Paediatric/neonatal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Outpatient/clinic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Delivery suite | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
ICU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Store | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pulse oximeter | ||||
Facilities with ANY pulse oximeter | 3/3 (100%) | 0/28 (0%) | 15/27 (56%) | 18/58 (31%) |
Facilities with functional pulse oximeter† | 1/3 (33%) | 0/28 (0%) | 7/27 (26%) | 8/58 (14%) |
Oximeter location | N=6 | N=0 | N=21 | N=27 |
Theatre | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Emergency/triage | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Adult/general ward | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Paediatric/neonatal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Outpatient/clinic | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
Delivery suite | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ICU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Store | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Oximeter type | ||||
Table top | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Hand held | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Finger tip | 3 | 0 | 15 | 18 |
Technician capacity‡ | ||||
Facilities with technician | 3/3 (100%) | 0 | 2/27 (7%) | 5/58 (9%) |
Biomedical engineer | 3/3 (100%) | 0 | 1/27 (4%) | 4/58 (7%) |
Other technician | 3/3 (100%) | 0 | 2/27 (7%) | 5/58 (9%) |
Training on oxygen systems | 2/3 (67%) | 0 | 0 | 2/58 (3%) |
Routine maintenance plan | 1/3 (33%) | 0 | 2/27 (7%) | 3/58 (5%) |
Concentrator maintenance | 1/3 (33%) | 0 | 2/27 (7%) | 3/58 (5%) |
Spare parts | 0 | 0 | 1/27 (4%) | 1/58 (2%) |
Repair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cylinder maintenance | 0 | 0 | 1/27 (4%) | 1/58 (2%) |
Spare parts | 0 | 0 | 1/27 (4%) | 1/58 (2%) |
Repair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oximeter maintenance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Spare parts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Repair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oxygen costs, Naira§ | ||||
Concentrator purchase, median (IQR) | N/A | N/A | 160 000 (100 000–275 000) US$446 (279–766) | |
Cylinder refill per m3, median (IQR) | 900 US$3 | 450 US$1 | 640 (291–882) US$2 (1–2) | 640 (250–1470) US$2 (1–4) |
Pulse oximeter price, median (IQR) | N/A | N/A | 93 500 (7000–180 000) US$260 (19–501) |
Multiple cylinders, concentrators and pulse oximeters could be included for each facility.
*Oxygen source function included assessment of cylinder regulator apparatus and measurement of concentrator gas concentration using an oxygen analyser.
†Pulse oximeter functionality included testing with Fluke simulator.
‡Technician data from 27/28 facilities.
§Limited financial data on pulse oximeter or oxygen concentrator procurement costs (4/58, 7%), cylinder refill costs (7/58, 12%), cylinder cost data from a single SHF and PHC. US$1: 359 Naira. Maximum volume of a large oxygen cylinder is typically 3.4 or 7.0 m3 (G-type and H-type).
IQR, interquartile range, 25th–75th centiles; LGA, local government area; PHC, primary health centre; SHF, secondary healthcare facility; Spare parts, in stock or ordered in past 12 months.