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EINC-Checklist

The document outlines essential newborn care procedures to be followed during and after delivery. It includes a checklist for preparing for delivery, actions to take immediately after birth, and tasks to complete within the first 60-90 minutes. Key steps include ensuring proper temperature, performing skin-to-skin contact, and administering necessary injections and assessments.

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EINC-Checklist

The document outlines essential newborn care procedures to be followed during and after delivery. It includes a checklist for preparing for delivery, actions to take immediately after birth, and tasks to complete within the first 60-90 minutes. Key steps include ensuring proper temperature, performing skin-to-skin contact, and administering necessary injections and assessments.

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ESSENTIAL NEWBORN CARE

Materials:
2 sterile gloves thermometer Tape Measure Yellow Trash bag

CHECKLIST 1 2 3 4 5
PREPARING FOR DELIVERY
1. Checked temperature in DR area to be 25-28 °Celsius; eliminated air draft.
2. Removed all jewelry then washed hands thoroughly
3. Prepared newborn resuscitation area and checked that resuscitation equipment are clean and
functional
4. Prepared materials for routine newborn procedures
CROWNING
5. Don 2 sterile gloves.
FIRST 30 SECONDS AFTER DELIVERY
6. Perform thorough drying and continued for 30 seconds, starting from the face and head, going
down to the trunk and extremities while performing a quick check for breathing.
1 - 3 MINUTES
7. Removed the wet cloth and replace with clean dry linen
8. Placed baby in skin-to-skin contact on the mother’s abdomen or chest.
9. Covered baby’s head with a bonnet.
10. Remove 1st gloves
11. Palpated umbilical cord to check for pulsations.
12. Once palpation has ceased, clamped cord using the plastic clamp 2 cm from the base.
13. With dominant hand, hold cord clamp and with non-dominant hand, milk cord away from base.
14. Using dominant hand, clamp Kelly forceps 5 cm from base
15. Cut cord close to cord clamp, in between cord clamp and Kelly forceps
16. Advised mother to observe for feeding cues and cited examples of feeding cues, instructed her on
positioning and attachment.
17. Apply ID Badge
AFTER 60 - 90 MINUTES SKIN-SKIN CONTACT
18. Weigh baby fast and accurately
19. Check rectal temperature
20. Obtain Head Circumference, Chest Circumference, Abdominal Circumference and Mid-Arm
circumference
21. Apply newborn diaper
22. Apply newborn clothes (do not close front for skin-to-skin contact)
23. Apply mittens and booties
24. Apply eye ointment from inner to outer canthus starting from farther eye
25. Apply injections: BCG (Right deltoid ID), Hep B (Right Vastus lateralis IM), Vit K (Left Vastus lateralis
IM)
26. Position of comfort
27. Observe for unusuality
28. Document
TOTAL SCORE = ______ = ______ %
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