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Table 2 CIN hospitals newborn units’ characteristics

From: Evaluation of an audit and feedback intervention to reduce gentamicin prescription errors in newborn treatment (ReGENT) in neonatal inpatient care in Kenya: a controlled interrupted time series study protocol

Indicator

H1

H2

H3

H4

H5

H6

H7

H8

H9

H10

H11

H12

H13

H14

H15

H16

H17

H18

H19

H20

Deliveries per yeara

6387

4441

6228

4581

5515

2945

9939

2578

6744

8641

11404

5571

5131

21608

8872

3653

2963

4264

13104

2032

Number of still births (%)a

180 (3)

195 (4)

172 (3)

150 (3)

203 (4)

42 (1)

213 (2)

47 (2)

191 (3)

231 (3)

237 (2)

169 (3)

87 (2)

521 (2)

196 (2)

105 (3)

130

171

315

32

Admissionsb

1247

671

1759

905

1524

1038

2644

412

1000

2580

2384

864

1391

4837

2964

427

174

125

1318

221

Outbornsb (%)

359 (28.79)

229 (34.13)

36 (2.05)

245 (27.07)

34 (2.23)

0 (0)

88 (3.33)

5 (1.21)

255 (25.5)

29 (1.12)

58 (2.43)

23 (2.66)

206 (14.81)

216 (4.47)

679 (22.91)

64 (14.99)

0 (0)

45 (36)

195 (14.8)

1 (0.45)

Number of medical officers (MOs) dedicated to NBUc

0.5

0.5

0.5

1

1.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

1

0

0.5

1

0.5

0

5

1

1

1

1

Number of paediatricians dedicated to NBUc

0.5

0.5

1

0.5

1

0.5

1

0.5

0.5

1

1

1

0.5

0.5

1

6

1

1

1

3

Nurse per day shiftd

2

1

1

5

6

2

3

3

3

5

4

2

3

2

3

5

2

1

2

1

Nurse per night shiftd

1

1

2

2

3

2

2

1

1

3

3

1

2

1

2

3

1

1

2

1

Cots in NBU

17

2

41

23

40

17

39

1

10

53

15

4

32

0

60

50

6

13

32

4

Babies share cots

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Incubatorse

10

2

8

10

7

6

8

3

4

7

8

11

6

6

11

7

6

24

13

2

Babies share incubators

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Birthweight (grams) below which stable LBW are admitted in NBU

2100

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

1800

1800

2000

2000

1800

1800

1800

2000

1800

1700

2000

1800

2400

  1. aDeliveries and still births per year (percentage still births) — Jan 2019–Dec 2019. Source — District Health Information System
  2. bAll NBU admissions (inborn and outborn neonates) and % of outborn neonates in NBU per year — Jan 2019–Dec 2019, Source CIN-Neonatal Database
  3. cMOs/paediatricians dedicated to NBU — fraction time spent in NBU, 0.5 of person implies that the staff works 50% time of 8 am–5 pm working days in the NBU. In 50% of the working period — the staff is in the other paediatric wards
  4. dNurses — includes neonatal nurses (NN) in 7 hospitals (H4, H11, H14, and H15 had one NN each, H7 and H11 had 2 NNs, and H16 had 3 NNs)
  5. eFunctional equipment as per March 2020