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Table 3 Values of key performance indicators for different components of the SDB response, by category of deceased person

From: Performance of a safe and dignified burial intervention during an Ebola epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–2019

Indicator type

Key performance indicator

Target

Category of deceased

All SDB alerts

Confirmed and suspect cases

Confirmed cases

Suspected cases

Non-cases

Community and ETC deaths

(n = 14,610)

(n = 8247)

(n = 995)

(n = 7252)

(n = 6363)

 Process

Proportion of dispatch alerts responded to by an SDB team

100%

98.9% (14,313/14,474)

    

 Process

Proportion of dispatch alerts in which there was community and/or family nonacceptance

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12.5% (1754/14,035)

18.6% (1435/7726)

4.8% (48/991)

20.6% (1387/6735)

5.1% (319/6309)

 Output

Proportion of dispatch alerts for which safe burials were conducted

80%

57.1% (7549/13,218)

60.7% (4215/6950)

90.5% 874/966

55.8% (3341/5984)

53.2% (3334/6268)

 Output

Proportion of SDB responses completed within 24 h from time of alert

80%

88.9% (11,290/12,700)

88.6% (6261/7069)

82.8% (775/936)

89.5% (5486/6133)

89.3% (5029/5631)

 Output

Proportion of SDB responses completed within 72 h from time of alert

100%

99.9% (12,684/12,700)

99.9% (7063/7069)

99.8% (934/936)

99.9% (6129/6133)

99.8% (5621/5631)

 Output

Proportion of dispatch alerts successfully responded to by an SDB team

80%

66.2% (8,714/13,166)

    

Community deaths only

(n = 13,294)

(n = 7202)

(n = 378)

(n = 6824)

(n = 6092)

 Process

Proportion of swabs collected

100%

93.6% (11,469/12,260)

    

 Process

Proportion of corpses secured

100%

77.5% (9893/12,761)

77.3% (5179/6689)

94.1% (352/374)

76.4% (4827/6315)

77.6% (4714/6072)

 Process

Proportion of dwellings disinfected

100%

76.1% (9844/12,931)

78.4% (5376/6855)

86.9% (338/389)

77.9% (5045/6478)

73.5% (4468/6076)