Paediatric Essential Package of Care

Essential Package of Care: Paediatrics

1. Dashboard	1.1 Paediatric implementation dashboard (February 2025) 1.2 Roles and responsibilities 1.3 Paediatric dashboard indicators summary (February 2025) 1.4 Implementation guide (March 2024) 1.5 EPOC tool: Managers responsibilities 1.6 Quarterly District EPOC report (March 2024) 1.7 Quarterly Facility EPOC report (March 2024)
2. Health Systems	2.1. Infrastructure 2.1.1 Infrastructure audit (Tool 1) (March 2024) 2.1.2 Equipment audit (Tool 2) (March 2024) 2.1.3 Bed equipment audit (Tool 3) (March 2024) 2.1.4 Equipment register: paediatric (March 2024) 2.1.6 Daily equipment checklist: ward/unit 2.1.7 Daily equipment checklist: general care bed 2.1.8 Daily equipment checklist: HC/'Tiny Tots' / Specialised
	2.2 Support Services 2.2.1 Paediatric support service audit (Tool 4) (February 2025) 2.2.2. NSI Register 2.2.3 Paediatric consumables checklist: district (April 2025) 2.2.4 Paediatric consumables checklist: regional/tertiary (April 2025) 2.2.5 Pharmaceuticals checklist: paediatric ) (April 2025) 2.2.6 Maintenance register (October 2024) Procurement: Consumables, contract numbers, specifications and order codes: A. Airway respiratory (June 2023) B. Renal and GIT(June 2023) C. Infection control - haberdashery (June 2023) D. IV Access (June 2023) E. Miscellaneous (June 2023) F. Needles etc (June 2023) G. Wound management (June 2023) H. Stationery (June 2023) I. KZN Equipment - consumables (February 2024)
	2.3 Systems 2.3.1 Systems Audit (Tool 5) 2.3.2 Daily MO handover book 2.3.3 Paediatric daily allocation book 2.3.4 Champions list: paediatric 2.3.5 Paediatric transfer register (August 2023) 2.3.6 Daily Checklist- paediatric emergency trolley (April 2024)
3 Human Resource	3.1 Paediatric human resources audit (Tool 6) (February 2025) 3.2 Staff database (February 2025) 3.3 Skills audit: breastfeeding 3.4 Skills audit: growth monitoring <2yrs 3.5 Skills audit: growth monitoring 2-5 yrs 3.6 Skills audit: assisting intubation audit 3.7 Skills audit: intubation 3.8 Skills audit: shock resuscitation 3.9 Skills audit airway management 3.10 Skills audit: seizure management
Infection Prevention and Control	4.1 Handy hygiene (Tool 7) (July 2023) 4.2 Infection prevention and control audit (Tool 8) 4.3 Ablution checklist: paediatric 4.4 Cleaning checklist; paediatric 4.5 Ablution checklist: lodger 4.6 Cleaning checklist: lodger
Unit and Record Audits	5.1 Paediatric record audit (Tool 9) 5.2 Lodger facility audit (Tool 10) 5.3 Paediatric clinical record audit summary (March 2025) 5.4 Clinic and record - combined annual score (March 2025) 5.5 Paediatric care audit (Tool 11) (March 2025) 5.6 Record audit general case (Tool 12) 5.7 Clinical audit: ARI (Tool 13) (March 2024) 5.8 Clinical audit: SAM (Tool 14) 5.9 Clinical audit: Diarrhoea (Tool 15)
Monitoring and Evaluation	6.1 Monitoring and evaluation (Tool 16) 6.2 Annual maternal interview score sheet 6.3 Maternal interview score sheet (Tool 17) 6.4 Maternal interview: paediatric 6.5 Paediatric outreach report (September 2023) 6.6 District paediatric report
POPD	7.1 Infrastructure 7.1.1 Infrastructure audit (Tool 18) (March 2024)
	7.2 Systems 7.2.1 Systems Audit (Tool 19) (February 2025) 7.2.2 Equipment checklist 7.2.3 Consumables checklist 7.2.4 Pharmaceutical checklist
	7.3 Records Audit 7.3.1 Record audit score (Tool 20) (March 2025) POPD record audit: LTHC (March 2025) 7.3.5 Record and clinical audit summary: POPD (March 2025)

Essential Package of Care: Paediatrics

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