SUPPLIES

Use

Supply

Price (write in)

Amount recommended

FOR WOUNDS AND SKIN PROBLEMS:

sterile gauze pads in individual sealed envelopes

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20

1-, 2-, and 3-inch gauze bandage rolls

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2 each

clean cotton

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1 small package

adhesive tape (adhesive plaster), 1-inch wide roll

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2 rolls

soap-if possible a disinfectant soap like Betadine

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1 bar or small bottle

70% alcohol

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1/4 liter

hydrogen peroxide, in a dark bottle

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1 small bottle

petroleum jelly (Vaseline) in a jar or tube

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1

white vinegar

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1/2 liter

sulfur

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100 gm.

scissors (clean, not rusty)

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1 pair

tweezers with pointed ends

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1 pair

FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE:

thermometers

for mouth

for rectum

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1 each

FOR KEEPING SUPPLIES CLEAN:

plastic bags

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several

MEDICINES

Use

Medicine (generic name)

Local brand (write in)

Price (write in)

Amount recommended

FOR BACTERIAL INFECTIONS:

1. Penicillin, 250 mg. tablets

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40

2. Co-trimoxazole (sulfamethoxazole, 400 mg., with trimethoprim, 80 mg.)

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100

3. Ampicillin, 250 mg. capsules

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________

24

FOR WORMS:

4. Mebendazole tablets

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________

40 tablets of 100 mg. or 2 bottles

FOR FEVER AND PAIN:

5. Aspirin, 300 mg. (5 grain) tablets

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________

50

6. Acetaminophen, 500 mg. tablets

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________

50

FOR ANEMIA:

7. Iron (ferrous sulfate), 200 mg. pills (best if pills also contain vitamin C and folic acid)

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________

100

FOR SCABIES AND LICE:

8. Lindane (gamma benzene hexachloride) and/or sulfur powder

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________

1 bottle 20 gm.

FOR ITCHING AND VOMITING:

9. Promethazine, 25 mg. tablets

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________

12

FOR MILD SKIN INFECTIONS:

10. Gentian violet, small bottle; or an antibiotic ointment

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1 bottle
1 tube

FOR EYE INFECTIONS:

11. Antibiotic eye ointment

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1 tube