Abstract
More than half (58.6%) of the staff interviewed were nursing assistants. The EOK for deliveries do not contain non-sterile examination gloves, while those for cesarean sections do not have analgesics. However, most staff (72.8%) declared the delivery kit was complete; just as 74.1% declared the cesarean sections kit was complete. Only 10.0% of the staff knew that the foaming antiseptic solution was useful for simple deliveries, while 25.8% believed that Polyvidone iodine was unnecessary in the delivery kit. A minority of the staff knew that when one of the kit’s components was unavailable, the hospital pharmacist was mandated to provide them and later renew the stock at the supply center. These were 31.4% and 33.3% of the respondents surveyed on delivery and cesareansection kits respectively. Most (52.8%) gave a prescription to the family to purchase the missing component and 48.5% did not take any steps when it came to the cesarean kit.
Highlights
Emergency obstetric kits (EOK) improve the survival of mothers and newborns
A capacity building training on the usefulness and management of the kits would enable their optimal use in the fight against maternal and neonatal mortality
Attitudes, practices with respect to the EOK and the emergency bag by referring to the standards set by the Ministry of Public Health
Summary
Emergency obstetric kits (EOK) improve the survival of mothers and newborns. Approximately 239 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births were registered in 2015 in 183 countries of the world [1]. Cameroon is one of the 15 sub-Saharan countries where Maternal Mortality Rates (MMR) are at unacceptably high levels [3]. A study conducted in 2007 showed that 1266 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births occur there [9]. These findings prompted the Government of Cameroon to take a commitment to achieve the sustainable development goal. To this effect, he would no Citation: Félicitée N, Roger D, Marquise DDC, Clovis O, Flora N, et al (2017) Emergency Obstetric Kits: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Health Care Providers.
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