Table 1.

List of aseptic procedures during a delivery flow

Wiping the vagina

Vaginal examination

Artificial rupture of membranes

Episiotomy

Catching the baby (delivering the baby)

Cord cutting and clamping

Cord traction

Manual removal of placenta*

Postdelivery vaginal examination

Suturing of the perineum*

Wiping baby clean

Urinary catheter insertion or removal

^⁎We allowed manual removal of the placenta or suturing to be considered within the delivery flow when these occurred before or after a vaginal examination, during postdelivery examination, or during vaginal wiping, or when manual removal of the placenta occurred after cord traction.