EVALUATION OF THE UNIVERSAL ANAESTHESIA MACHINE IN THREE HOSPITALS IN KENYA: KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL LEVEL 6, THIKA DISTRICT HOSPITAL LEVEL 5 AND KIAMBU DISTRICT HOSPITAL LEVEL 4

Abstract

The provision of anaesthesia in many resource limited countries is compromised by lack of appropriately designed anaesthesia equipment. Modern complex anaesthesia machines are unsuitable for use in areas with challenging environmental conditions with unreliable supply of compressed gases and electricity. The Universal Anaesthesia Machine (UAM) is a hybrid continuous flow/draw- over anaesthesia machine designed to function in any environment without reliable sources of compressed gases or electricity manufactured by Gradian Health Systems at Oxford Engineering Services Medical Limited in 2010. (1,2). Preliminary results of 95 patients in an ongoing study is presented