The PED/SAM kit is especially designed to provide medicines, renewables and equipment suitable for children and to treat the common childhood illness including severe acute malnutrition with medical complications.
This kit does NOT contain any food supplements, TB, HIV medicines or vaccines.
The PED/SAM 2020 kit contains 7 modules as followed
KMEDPEDSAM---A1 | KIT, PAEDIATRIC-SAM (PED-SAM 2020), complete | |
MODULE 1 | KMEDPEDSAMMS-A1 | (Kit PED-SAM 2020) MODULE, MEDICINES SAM |
MODULE 2 | KMEDPEDSAMMPOA1 | (Kit PED-SAM 2020) MODULE, MEDICINES PED ORAL |
MODULE 3 | KMEDPEDSAMMPIA1 | (Kit PED-SAM 2020) MODULE, MEDICINES PED INJECTABLES |
MODULE 4 | KMEDPEDSAMMPCA1 | (Kit PED-SAM 2020) MODULE, MEDICINES PED CONTROLLED |
MODULE 5 | KMEDPEDSAMMMMA1 | (Kit PED-SAM 2020) MODULE, MEDICINES MALARIA |
MODULE 6 | KMEDPEDSAMMR-A1 | (Kit PED-SAM 2020) MODULE, RENEWABLES |
MODULE 7A | KMEDPEDSAMMEAA1 | (Kit PED-SAM 2020) MODULE, EQUIPMENT, PART A |
MODULE 7B | KMEDPEDSAMMEBA1 | (Kit PED-SAM 2020) MODULE, EQUIPMENT, PART B |
MODULE 8 | KMEDMGLU300TLA1 | MODULE, CLUGOMETER, 300 tests & lancets |
Download the PED/SAM 2020 content list
Module 1 – Medicine SAM/MC
Contains medicines suitable for SAM children with medical complications according to WHO treatment guidelines (see reference below). Medicines in that module are to treat about 50 SAM /MC children. Note that this module does not contain any HIV, TB or anti-cancer medicines, nor food or therapeutic milk.
This module replaces the medicines module of the SAM kit 2016, with no change of content.
Target audience: This module should only be used by health care providers working in hospitals or stabilisation centres whose staff have received training on the appropriate management of severe acute malnutrition with medical complications.
Contains the medicines (oral and topic) most commonly used in a pediatric ward and recommended for the treatment of major common pediatric diseases, as per the WHO Pocket book of hospital care for children. The medicines of the module are to supply for a 10-bed pediatric unit for about 3 months.
Note that this module does not contain any HIV, TB or anti-cancer medicines.
Contains the most commonly used injectable medicines in the pediatric ward. The module also includes some IV fluids. The medicines are to supply for a 10-bed pediatric unit for about 3 months.
Contains controlled medicines such as diazepam, morphine and midazolam in pediatric formulations. To receive the controlled medicine module, an import license permit from the Ministry of Health is mandatory. For easy tracking, please make a separate requisition for this module.
Contains malaria oral and injectable medicines as well as the A3 poster to ease the reconstitution of artesunate injectable. The medicines in that module are to treat about 150 cases of non-complicated malaria (60 babies and 90 infants).
Contains supply and renewables such as gauze, bandages, syringes, IV line and reusable surgical tunic. This module goes along with module 3 (medicines PED injectables).
Contains various equipment scale, stethoscope, glucometer and an haemoglobinometer starter kit (HemoCue® Hb 301). Additional re-supply such as glucose strips, lancets, microcuvette 301 must be ordered through the catalogue.
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