TITLE:
Practice of Essential Care for Newborns in the Referral Health Center of Commune 5 of Bamako District
AUTHORS:
Traore Soumana Oumar, Samake Alou, Sangho Oumar, Kouyate Fa Issif, Doumbia Saleck, Tall Saoudatou, Sylla Niangalé, Coulibaly Hamidou, Traore Youssouf, Traore Mamadou, Sangho Hamadoun
KEYWORDS:
Care, Essentials, Newborns, Bamako
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.12 No.1,
March
23,
2022
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Delay in recognizing newborn health problems and delay in accessing
quality care contribute to a high number of newborn deaths. The objective of
this work was to study the practice of essential newborn care. Patients and
method: This was a descriptive study on critical care newborns at the
referral health Center of the Commune 5 (CSRéf C5) Bamako from 1st April to 31 May 2018. The acquisition, processing
and data analysis were done on SPSS software. Results: The
average age of the patients was 24.8 years. They were out of school and knew
about the importance of prenatal consultations (83.3%). The majority of health
workers were Nurses and Obstetricians (59.3%). The effective care (100%) given
to the newborns was anthropometric measurements of the newborn and identification of the
newborn. Treatments such as stimulated drying, skin-to-skin contact, warming,
and administration of vitamin K1 were each administered at over 90%. The fight
against heat loss by the head (14.1%) and early latching (41.5%) were
insufficiently administered. Cord care was not provided at the Hospital prior
to discharge for contextual reasons. The administration of ocular antiseptics
was not administered in the hospital. Conclusion: The administration of
essential newborn care at the referral health Center of the Commune 5 in Bamako
has shortcomings.