Evaluation of a simple intervention to reduce exchange transfusion rates among inborn and outborn neonates in Myanmar, comparing pre- and post-intervention rates

Table 3 Characteristics of two tertiary Myanmar paediatric hospitals, in 2011 and 2012

		Outborn Hospital A		Outborn Hospital B
		2011	2012	2011	2012
NCU admissions		1363	1408	765	492
Admissions for Jaundice		363	366	281	135
% of NCU admissions		26.6 %	26.0 %	36.7 %	27.4 %
Estimated number of phototherapy machines^a	Conventional – single sided	9		10
	Conventional – double sided	1		3
	LED	From November 2011: 2		From November 2011: 2
	LED	From November 2012: 5		From December 2012: 3
Date of intervention		23 November, 2011		21 November, 2011

^aNumber of conventional machines are as recorded as hospital visit in June 2011 – this number was not subsequently monitored, but is not believed to have changed markedly in 2012

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