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Table 2 Measuring complete adherence of health care providers to immediate postpartum checklist

From: Health care providers’ adherence to immediate postpartum care guideline and associated factors among women who gave birth in Mekele public teaching hospitals, Tigray 2018

Immediate postpartum checklist

Total health care providers N = 403

Midwives N = 260

Nurses N = 143

Sex recording

383 (95%)

247 (95%)

136 (95.1%)

Assessing APGAR score

356 (88.3%)

224 (86.2%)

132 (92.3%)

weight measured

367 (91.1%)

238 (91.5%)

129 (90.2%)

Oxytocin provided

343 (85.1%)

235 (90.4%)

108 (75.5%)

Document mode of delivery

333 (82.6%)

226 (86.9%)

107 (74.8%)

VIT K provided

279 (69.2%)

190 (73.1%)

89 (62.2%)

TTC given

273 (67.7%)

188 (72.3%)

85 (59.4%)

BCG given

195 (48.4%)

111 (42.7%)

84 (58.7%)

Uterine massage done

297 (73.7%)

207 (79.6%)

90 (62.9%)

HC measured

195 (48.4%)

98 (37.7%)

97 (67.8%)

Length measured

199 (49.4%)

102 (39.2%)

97 (67.8%)

Maternal pulse assessed

286 (71%)

178 (68.5%)

108 (75.5%)

Counsel on FP and immunization

338 (83.9%)

224 (86.2%)

114 (79.7%)

Initiate early BF

347 (86.1%)

234 (90%)

113 (79%)

Document providers name properly

311 (77.2%)

193 (74.2%)

118 (82.5%)