Supplies Needed
Here are some examples of things we are responsible to bring to clinic (if your family could use it, then the people of Kenya will probably need it too):
Medications:
- Multivitamins- children’s, adults, and prenatal
- Antibiotic Ointment
- Antifungal Ointment
- Hydrocortisone cream
- Analgesics (aspirin, ibuprofen, etc)- Children’s and adult
- Antipyretics (acetaminophen, Tylenol)- Children’s and adult
- Antihistamines (Benadryl)
- Antidiarrhea medications
Dental:
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
Supplies:
- Thermometers
- BP cuffs and machines
- Band-aids
- Rubber exam gloves (sterile and non-sterile)
- Gauze pads
- Gauze wraps
- Ace wraps
- Alcohol or alcohol pads
- Peroxide
- Cottonballs
- Antibacterial hand sanitizer
- Tongue depressors
Give aways:
- T-shirts
- Hats/ caps
- Stickers or other goodies for kids- no food or candy items
- Eyeglasses
Misc:
- Scales
- Plastic eye glasses (found in hardware sections of stores)
- Bug spray w/ DEET
- Sunblock
- Gatorade packets
Medical:
- Tetracaine
- Wood’s lamp
- Fluorescein strips
- Opthalmic antibiotic ointment or drops
- Portable nebulizer w/ Albuterol or Atrovent
- LR and 0.9 NS
- 18 and 20 gauge IVs
- IV supplies
- Topical anesthetic gel
- Antiemetics
- TB medications
- Gentamicin, Ampicillin, Rocephin, Lariam
- Local anesthetic
- Surgical towels
- 20-50 cc irrigation syringes
- Interosseous needles
- Feeding tubes
- Absorbable sutures: 3-0 to 5-0 Vicryl or gut
- Sharps containers
- Various sizes of syringes
- UA strips
