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Table 5 Effect of intervention on individual beneficial practices, across all hospitals

From: Adherence to evidence based care practices for childbirth before and after a quality improvement intervention in health facilities of Rajasthan, India

Practice

Baseline

End-line

P value

Partograph chart used

11%

18%

0.4531

FHS heard during labour

9%

48%

0.0001

IM oxytocin after delivery

57%

90%

0.0001

Proper drying and wrapping of newborn

55%

82%

0.25

Initiation of breast feeding within 1 hour

25%

48%

0.02414

Timing of discharge after 24 hours

75%

89%

0.2188

Sterile gloves used for delivery

59%

73%

0.33

Hand-washing before conducting delivery

7%

7%

0.2

Postpartum checkup in ward

11%

5%

0.5

  1. Bold text reflects the statistically significant differences.