Table 3. Baseline and post audit results.
Baseline audit | Follow up audit | |||||||
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Audit criteria | Y | N | N/A | %Y | Y | N | N/A | %Y |
1. Healthcare workers attending to deliveries have received training and maintain competencies in relation to newborn resuscitation | 9 | 46 | 0 | 16% | 55 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
2. Availability of functional equipment and supplies for basic newborn resuscitation in the labor ward and maternity theater | 9 | 2 | 0 | 82% | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
3. Availability of an evidence-based newborn resuscitation protocol in the labor ward and maternity theater | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
4. All newborns are assessed accurately and assigned an APGAR score | 287 | 13 | 0 | 96% | 300 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
5. All newborns with perinatal asphyxia are correctly assessed and managed according to the WHO guidelines | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40% | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90% |
Y: Yes; N: No; N/A: not applicable; APGAR score: Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respirations; WHO: World Health Organization