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Table 1 Characteristics of health facilities

From: Use of prophylactic uterotonics during the third stage of labor: a survey of provider practices in community health facilities in Sierra Leone

Facility type (n = 39)

Average number of deliveries in facility/month

Oxytocin availability (% always available)

Oxytocin storage (% stored in fridge)

MCHP (n = 5)

21

4 (80 %)

0 (0.0 %)

CHP (n = 10)

31

6 (60 %)

2 (20 %)

CHC (n = 24)

50

14 (58 %)

11 (46 %)

  1. CHP community health post, MCHP maternal and child health post, CHC community health center