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Table 3 Facility characteristics and availability of essential equipment and supplies (Adapted from WHO EENC Clinic Practice Pocket Guide [15], WHO Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Standards [6], Columbia University Averting Maternal Death and Disability [38] and JHPIEGO Health Facility Assessment Tool [39])

From: Quality newborn care in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea: measuring early newborn care practices and identifying opportunities for improvement

  1. Data source: Facility audits
  2. Not measured: Dextrose 10%, Plain Ringer’s lactate or normal saline, Oral Rehydration Salt, Sterile water for injection, Zinc, Bonnets, mittens and socks, Feeding tubes (Fr 5 and 8), Support binders for skin-to-skin
  3. *Green = high coverage (> 80%), Orange = moderate coverage (60–80%), Red = poor coverage (< 60%)
  4. ^The practice of rooming-in is defined by the World Health Organization as a “hospital practice where postnatal mothers and infants stay together in the same room for 24 hours a day from the time they arrive in their room after birth”
  5. # Utilities located in the labour ward/newborn unit, available and fully functional at the time of the audit