Patient population | ‘Full’ set | ‘Narrow’ set | ||||
All labouring women with a liveborn neonate | All labouring women | |||||
Outcome assessed | Early neonatal mortality (stillbirth excluded) | (i) Perinatal mortality (stillbirth included) (ii) Stillbirth alone | ||||
Practice | Included | Supply preparation | Direct care | Included | Supply preparation | Direct care |
Partograph started | X | X | X | X | ||
No oxytocin administered prior to delivery | X | X | ||||
Oxytocin administered to mother | X | X | ||||
Maternal temperature taken | X | X | X | X | ||
Maternal blood pressure taken | X | X | X | X | ||
Newborn weight taken | X | X | ||||
Newborn temperature taken | X | X | ||||
Skin-to-skin initiated at birth | X | X | ||||
Skin-to-skin maintained for 1 hour | X | X | ||||
Initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour | X | X | ||||
Clean scissors/blade prepared | X | X | X | X | ||
Cord tie prepared | X | X | X | X | ||
Mucous extractor prepared | X | X | X | X | ||
Neonatal bag and mask prepared | X | X | X | X | ||
Pads prepared | X | X | X | X | ||
Clean towel prepared | X | X | X | X | ||
Proper hand hygiene* | X | X | X | X | ||
Birth companion present at admission | X | X | ||||
Birth companion present during pushing | X | X | ||||
Total number of practices | 18 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 |
*Proper hand hygiene defined as the birth attendant using gloves, soap and water OR gloves and alcohol rub.