Evidence · Research paper
Poor adherence to neonatal resuscitation guidelines exposed; an observational study using camera surveillance at a tertiary hospital in Nepal.
- Delivery room and stabilisation
- Families and professional practice
- Medical
- Newborn life support
- Nursing
- Quality improvement
This paper is from 2014, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
Observational study using CCD camera recordings of 1827 newborn resuscitations at a tertiary hospital in Nepal, comparing practice against existing neonatal resuscitation guidelines. It found that suction was used excessively and bag-and-mask ventilation was used inadequately, with poor overall adherence to guidelines. The reliability of the observational form was also assessed, and camera surveillance was shown to be a feasible audit method in low-resource settings. The authors call for further research into the causes of non-adherence.
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