Assessment of Newborn Care Corner in Public Health Facilities of Ludhiana, India.
In this cross-sectional study of 15 public health facilities in Ludhiana, India, we evaluated 22 delivery points for equipment and trained health personal available at Newborn Care Corner (NBCC) for neonatal resuscitation. NBCCs were established at all the delivery points except one, with radiant warmers in place including non-functional warmers at four (18%) delivery points. Self-inflating resuscitation bag was available at 20 delivery points but shoulder roll and masks of both sizes were available at only 4 (18%) and 5 (27%) delivery points, respectively. Only 4 (27%) facilities had round-the-clock availability of a nurse or midwife trained in neonatal resuscitation, whereas none of the facility had round the clock availability of medical officer trained in neonatal resuscitation.
Department of Community Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, and *Department of Pediatrics, Civil Hospital; Ludhiana, Punjab, India. rajinder_gulati@hotmail.com.
Samridhi
S
Gulati
Sarit
S
Sharma
Rajinder
R
Gulati
D003151:Community Health Centers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D012151:Resuscitation