Avoid equipment graveyards: rigorous process to improve identification and procurement of effective, affordable, and usable newborn devices in low-resource hospital settings.
Elizabeth AsmaMegan HeenanGeorge BandaRebecca P KirbyLucky MangwiroClaudia Ziegler AcemyanKara M PalamountainPhilip KortumKondwani KawazaZ Maria OdenRebecca Richards-Kortumnull nullPublished in: BMC pediatrics (2023)
An evidence-based device selection process can improve procurement of effective, affordable, rugged, usable newborn care devices for low-resource hospitals, and feedback to manufacturers can improve device quality. Similar processes could be adapted beyond newborn care to identify medical devices suitable for implementation in any low-resource setting.