KIT, 001, medical modules without infusions
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KIT, 001, medical modules w/o infusions
Indications
Medical support, sent to a pre-existing health structure located in an area where a cholera epidemic breaks out. The logistic supplies are purchased locally, and the health structure has already 4000 l of infusions in stock.
Specifications
This kit is suitable for all situations: refugee camps, urban or rural population.
It is only composed of medical modules without any infusions module of 2000 l. This kit is proposed because of the transport costs of infusions modules. If quality assured Ringer lactate (Hartmann) has been identified and validated by your section pharmacist or if you have quality assured Ringer lactate in your emergency stock, you can consider ordering the kit.
Instructions for use
It is mandatory to have minimum 4000 l of Ringer Lactate (Hartmann) to one's disposal for the IV treatment of 500 cholera patients.
An underestimation of needs which could lead to infusion stocks running out during an epidemic is always more expensive than ordering 4000 l in the first place.
See Management of a cholera epidemic, MSF, 2018