Authors :
Awo Macclevis Daki; Ndzi Sandry Mugop; Fondzenyuy Claudia Berinyuy; Soweh Raymond Mbinkong
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
10.38124/IJISRT20AUG063
Abstract :
The proper and correct diagnosis of diseases
is the primary necessity before the treatment and so
sophisticated equipment are needed for better
diagnosis. Frequent breakdown of these equipment
faced by personnel during service delivery lead to
movement of patients to other health facilities, failure
to attend to patients for which in case of emergency will
lead to death of patients. This was an investigative cross
sectional study aimed at assessing measures to avoid
equipment breakdown.This study was carried out in
some selected health facilities in the North West and
South West regions of Cameroon which lasted for 1
month (from the 22ndJanuary to 21st February 2019).
Semi-structured questionnaires were designed and used
to collect primary data from 20participants in the
sampled hospitals. Data collected was analyzed using
SPSS (statistical package for social sciences) version
23.0 by the research analyst. The results obtained
showed thatout of the 20 participants, (15)75% were
males while(5)25% were females. The most represented
age group was the 20-30 years age group, and the least
represented age group was in the 42-52. The most
common cause of equipment breakdown was electrical
faults (75%), 45% of participantsdid not carry out
quality control programs and the measures to avoid
this breakdown was the use of appropriate parameters
(80%).Based on results obtained, it was concluded that
the major cause of equipment breakdown was electrical
faults.
The proper and correct diagnosis of diseases
is the primary necessity before the treatment and so
sophisticated equipment are needed for better
diagnosis. Frequent breakdown of these equipment
faced by personnel during service delivery lead to
movement of patients to other health facilities, failure
to attend to patients for which in case of emergency will
lead to death of patients. This was an investigative cross
sectional study aimed at assessing measures to avoid
equipment breakdown.This study was carried out in
some selected health facilities in the North West and
South West regions of Cameroon which lasted for 1
month (from the 22ndJanuary to 21st February 2019).
Semi-structured questionnaires were designed and used
to collect primary data from 20participants in the
sampled hospitals. Data collected was analyzed using
SPSS (statistical package for social sciences) version
23.0 by the research analyst. The results obtained
showed thatout of the 20 participants, (15)75% were
males while(5)25% were females. The most represented
age group was the 20-30 years age group, and the least
represented age group was in the 42-52. The most
common cause of equipment breakdown was electrical
faults (75%), 45% of participantsdid not carry out
quality control programs and the measures to avoid
this breakdown was the use of appropriate parameters
(80%).Based on results obtained, it was concluded that
the major cause of equipment breakdown was electrical
faults.
