Equipment

Medical equipment and supplies we can accept

Priority categories, acceptance guidelines, and detailed lists to support Africa Diagnostics recipients in East Africa.

Cancer

Detection and treatment

All types of cancer equipment are welcome. Examples include X-ray machines, scanners, and radiotherapy equipment.

Diabetes

Diagnostics and dialysis

Diagnostic and lab equipment, along with dialysis units and accessories, to support long-term care.

Heart disease

Diagnostic and therapeutic

ECGs and echocardiography machines, pacemakers, ICDs, and VADs that are fully functional and complete.

Acceptance

What we can accept

  • Fully operational equipment with necessary accessories
  • Items with cosmetic damage only are acceptable
  • Disposable products must have at least 12 months before expiry
  • Goal is to include a minimum of 6 months of accessories for each shipped unit
  • Durable goods like wheelchairs and crutches should be new or gently used and complete
Restrictions

What we cannot accept

  • Pharmaceuticals of any kind, including heparin
  • Intravenous fluids
  • Disposable items that have had direct patient contact
Equipment

Biomedical equipment list

  • Anesthesia machine
  • Autoclave or Sterilizer - table top and bulk
  • Cast saw
  • Centrifuge
  • Colposcope
  • Computers - desktop Pentium III or faster
  • Computer monitors - flatscreen
  • Defibrillator or monitor
  • Dermatome
  • Diagnostic ultrasound with probe
  • EKG recorder - dual
  • Electrosurgical unit
  • Endoscopy equipment
  • Exam light
  • Fetal doppler
  • Fetal monitor
  • Glucose meter - portable, with test strips and lancets preferred
  • Humidifier
  • Hyfrecator
  • Infant warmers
  • Infant incubator
  • Lab equipment and analyzers
  • Spectrophotometer
  • Water bath heater
  • Lab incubator
  • Shaker
  • Lab washer
  • Lab dryer
  • Lab digital precision scale
  • Coagulation analyzer
  • Humidifier chamber
  • Blood gas analyzer
  • Chemistry analyzer
  • Hematocrit
  • Microscope - binocular
  • Laryngoscope
  • Medical refrigerator
  • Microscope - surgical and lab
  • Monitor - cardiac and NIBP
  • Nebulizer
  • Nerve stimulator
  • Ophthalmoscope
  • Ophthalmic equipment - slit lamps and related
  • OR lights - portable and ceiling mounted
  • Otoscope
  • Oxygen concentrator
  • Patient warmers
  • Portable X-ray system including portable mammography
  • Pulse oximeter
  • Sphygmomanometer
  • Stethoscope
  • Suction pump
  • Surgical head light
  • Syringe pump
  • Tables - exam, OR, surgical, delivery
  • Thermometer - digital
  • Traction unit
  • Vaporizer
  • Ventilator
  • Vital sign monitor - include modules if required
  • Weighing scale - adult and infant
  • X-ray processor or developer
  • X-ray view box - wall mounted
Supplies

Surplus medical supplies list

Items must be unused and in date. Durable goods should be new or gently used and complete.

  • Anesthesia supplies
  • Cardiac surgery supplies
  • Defibrillators
  • Drains
  • Drapes
  • Dressings, gauze, tape
  • EKG or EEG supplies and equipment
  • Electrodes - in date
  • Electrosurgical units
  • Endoscopic equipment
  • Feeding supplies and equipment
  • Fetal doppler supplies and equipment
  • First aid supplies
  • Furniture and hospital furnishings
  • Gastrointestinal supplies
  • Gloves - surgical and exam
  • Gowns - surgical and patient
  • Infant incubator or warmer
  • Intravenous supplies
  • Lab supplies and equipment
  • Labor and delivery supplies
  • Laryngoscopes
  • Microscopes
  • Monitoring supplies and equipment
  • Needle counters
  • Needles - sterile
  • OB or GYN supplies
  • Ophthalmology supplies
  • Orthopedic supplies
  • Ostomy supplies
  • Otoscopes and ophthalmoscopes
  • OR packs - partial or intact
  • Operating or procedure room equipment
  • Patient care nursing supplies
  • Pediatric supplies
  • Personal hygiene items
  • Plasticware
  • Procedural trays
  • Protective clothing or face wear
  • Pulse oximeters
  • Respiratory supplies
  • Skin prep items
  • Staplers
  • Stethoscopes
  • Sterilization supplies and equipment
  • Surgical instruments - must be clean
  • Suction machines
  • Suction or irrigation supplies
  • Sutures - sterile
  • Syringes
  • Therapeutic equipment
  • Towels
  • Ultrasound machines and portable X-ray
  • Urinary supplies
  • Vascular clips
  • Ventilators
  • Waste disposal containers, sharps containers
  • Wheelchairs and crutches

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