Table 2

Register format and percentage (%) of missing data from 1 month of operating theatre registers

CountryHospital typeRegister formatNo. of register indicatorsTotal no. of data pointsNo. of missing data points% data missing
MalawiGovernmentP182520114645.5
MalawiGovernmentP*9125113510.8
MalawiGovernmentH10–12†9608<1
TanzaniaFaith-basedH1660800
TanzaniaGovernmentH154955<1
TanzaniaFaith-basedH13–14†525315.90
ZambiaGovernmentP40136920715.12
ZambiaFaith-basedP402313716.74
ZambiaGovernmentP4076017422.62
  • *A non-surgical printed register (P) which had been repurposed to record surgical data and handwritten register (H).

  • †In these hospitals, the number of indicators varied from page to page in the register as they were handwritten