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. 2006 Dec;24(4):394–402.

Table 5.

Hygiene practices at delivery

Practice Total (n=6,116) (%) Bogra (n=2,008) (%) Faridpur (n=2,173) (%) Moulvibazar (n=1,935) (%)
Washed hands with soap before delivery 66.5 48.0 63.0 89.6
Boiled instrument used for cutting umbilical cord 61.4 33.2 64.0 87.9
Boiled thread used for tying umbilical cord 57.1 30.5 59.0 82.6
All of the above 53.8 27.6 53.3 81.6
None of the above 29.4 47.6 30.1 9.7