Table 1. Admission patterns of neonates across different hospitals.
| Physical
size of NBU |
Location of
NBU |
Neonates on
PW |
Inborn | Out-born/
Readmissions |
Out-born
& preterm |
Referred | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | Large | Designated | Separate room | NBU | PW | PW/NBU ƚ | NBU |
| H2 | Large | Designated | All children
<1 year in separate room |
NBU | PW | NBU | PW/NBU § |
| H3 | Small | In PW | Separate room | NBU | PW | REFER | NBU |
| H4 | Large | Designated | Cubicle | NBU | PW/NBU * | PW/NBU * | PW/NBU * |
| H5 | Medium | Designated
with isolation room |
Mixed with
older children |
NBU | NBU | NBU | NBU |
| H6 | Small | In maternity | Mixed with
older children |
NBU | PW | NBU | NA |
| H7 | Large | Designated | Mixed with
older children |
NBU | PW/NBU ** | NBU | NBU |
| H8 | Small | In maternity | Mixed with
older children |
NBU | PW | REFER | PW |
| H9 | Large | Designated | Separate room | NBU | PW | PW | PW |
| H10 | Medium | Designated | Mixed with
older children |
NBU | NBU | NBU | NBU |
| H11 | Small | In maternity | Mixed with
older children |
NBU | NBU | NBU | NBU |
| H12 | Large | Designated | Mixed with
older children |
NBU | PW | NBU | NBU |
Inborn: Neonates born within the admitting hospital; Out-born: Neonates not born within the admitting hospital; Referred: Neonates referred from other hospitals; NBU : Routinely admitted to the newborn unit; PW: Routinely admitted to the paediatric ward; PW/NBU: Routinely admitted to either paediatric ward or newborn unit; REFER: Not admitted, instead referred to other hospitals; NA: Not applicable
* All neonates who were more than 10 days old on the day of admission were admitted to PW unless they had jaundice; ** All neonates from the community who were more than 24 hours old at admission were admitted to PW apart from preterm neonates; ƚ Ward admission depended on the admitting clinician; § Referred neonates who were diagnosed with sepsis were admitted to the PW and those without sepsis were admitted to NBU