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. 2021 Mar;31(2):321–328. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v31i2.15

Table 1.

Status of infrastructure at NICU of PHLs, USAID Transform: Primary Health Care, January- March 2020 (N=107)

Variable Number Percent
Infrastructure 68 63%
Location adjacent to delivery room 94 88%
The NICU has direct access to the hospital's transport receiving area 80 75%
Service units are connected to each other allowing transport of newborns 83 78%
without being exposed to outside cold weather
Room size: 8–12 square meters 89 83%
Gowning area at the entrance 72 67%
Hand washing stations 62 58%
Examination area 66 62%
Clean area for mixing IV fluids and medications 80 75%
Mothers' area for expression of breast milk, BF and learning mother crafts 43 40%
Boiling and autoclaving 41 38%
General support area 56 52%
Procedure room 49 46%