Table 6.
Percentage of fulfilled standards for management of foetal distress at baseline and re-audit
| Standards | Percentage of fulfilled criteria in management | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline audit (n = 248) | Re-audit (n = 251) | p-value | |||
| M | % | M | % | ||
| Fulfilled all (9) criteria for management | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 8.8 | <0.001 |
| Fulfilled criteria for immediate care | |||||
| Intravenous rehydration | 4 | 95.6 | 0 | 95.2 | 0.85 |
| Change of maternal position | 0 | 37.9 | 0 | 86.5 | <0.001 |
| Review by a senior | 0 | 35.9 | 0 | 44.2 | 0.057 |
| Fulfilled pre-operative care | |||||
| Urethral catheterization | 0 | 95.6 | 0 | 98.8 | 0.053 |
| Blood grouping and cross matching | 0 | 97.2 | 0 | 98.8 | 0.22 |
| Administration of pre-operative prophylactic antibiotic | 0 | 95.6 | 0 | 95.6 | 0.97 |
| Informed consent | 0 | 96.4 | 0 | 98.8 | 0.87 |
| Presence of pre-operative check list | 0 | 98.0 | 0 | 98.8 | 0.50 |
| Decision to delivery interval | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 22.3 | <0.001 |
| aFulfilled timeline of CS intervention | |||||
| Decision to delivery time (≤60 min) | 0 | 9.3 | 7 | 20.5 | 0.001 |
| Decision to theatre time (≤30 min) | 0 | 23.3 | 0 | 37.9 | 0.001 |
| Theatre to delivery time (≤30 min) | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 25.4 | 0.006 |
Student’s t-test for test of difference between baseline and re-audit (M = Missing)
adenotes cases of women delivered by CS only