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Table 6 Effect of intervention on selected inputs, 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

Input

Baseline

End-line

P value

Ambubag kept ready in LR

68%

95%

0.002

BP instrument & stethoscope ready in LR

45%

75%

0.009

Washbasin and running water in LR

80%

98%

0.004

Autoclave in working condition

68%

84%

0.1185

Labour room clean

52%

73%

0.0309

Labour table clean

52%

59%

0.5034

Oxytocin available in LR

41%

98%

0

At least half of nurse midwives in LR SBA trained

80%

91%

0.2188

Doctors oriented on evidence based care

18%

55%

0.001

IEC material on evidence based practices displayed in LR

7%

91%

0

  1. Abbreviations: LR Labour room, SBA Skilled birth attendant, IEC Information education communication.
  2. Bold text reflects the statistically significant differences.