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. 2014 Mar 7;14:99. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-99

Table 4.

Proportion of deliveries with protective antepartum and intrapartum practices for different delivery types

Care practice
Ekjut (Eastern India)
PCP (Bangladesh)
Makwanpur (Nepal)
Dhanusha (Nepal)
Proportion of antepartum hygienic care practices by delivery type, with 95%confidence intervals (%)
Attendant: Home non-SBA (74.5%of deliveries) Home SBA (4.5%of deliveries) Institution (21%of deliveries) Home non-SBA (77%of deliveries) Home SBA (5%of deliveries) Institution (18%of deliveries) Home non-SBA (91.5%of deliveries) Home SBA (1%of deliveries) Institution (7.5%of deliveries) Home non-SBA (78%of deliveries) Home SBA (1.5%of deliveries) Institution (20.5%of deliveries)
Washed hands
24 [12-35]
75 [63-86]
82 [73-90]
79 [71-87]
94 [92-97]
89 [73-100]
51 [40-63]
74 [46-100]
95 [87-100]
69 [61-77]
95 [87-100]
95 [91-99]
Used a Clean Delivery Kit
17 [12-22]
52 [41-63]
73 [66-80]
15 [9-21]
33 [25-40]
49 [32-67]
18 [8-27]
53 [21-85]
49 [27-71]
7 [4-9]
40 [26-54]
42 [30-54]
Used disposable gloves
3 [1-5]
44 [31-56]
72 [62-82]
7 [3-11]
70 [58-82]
93 [88-99]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Used a plastic sheet
7 [4-11]
34 [23-46]
52 [44-60]
41 [36-46]
70 [59-81]
93 [91-96]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proportion of intrapartum and postnatal cord care by delivery type with 95% confidence intervals (%)
Thread/clamp used during delivery
98 [98-99]
98 [96-100]
98 [96-100]
97 [95-99]
98 [96-99]
97 [95-99]
79 [61-98]
99 [97-101]
99 [97-100]
99 [99-99]
100 [99-100]
96 [93-100]
Cord tied with boiled thread
12 [7-17]
45 [31-58]
58 [45-71]
59 [54-63]
74 [66-82]
83 [64-100]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cord cut with new/sterile blade
81 [75-87]
93 [88-98]
84 [76-92]
99 [98-99]
96 [92-100]
94 [87-100]
47 [38-55]
93 [86-101]
96 [90-102]
22 [17-27]
36 [23-48]
31 [19-43]
Nothing or only antiseptic applied to cord stump 91 [90-93] 96 [92-99] 94 [91-97] 55 [44-66] 60 [50-70] 72 [69-75] 76 [66-87] 75 [51-99] 84 [72-95] 52 [45-60] 76 [64-88] 79 [69-89]

Proportion of deliveries with protective antepartum and intrapartum practices for different delivery types: at home with no skilled birth attendance (SBA), at home with SBA and in an institution. Practices are as defined in Table 2.