Table 1 Selected characteristics of the 30 provincial level hospitals (2010) where attendees were working at the time of the workshop
From: Reducing neonatal infections in south and south central Vietnam: the views of healthcare providers
General hospitals, n (%) | 28 (93%) |
Distance (km) from regional referral hospital, median (range) | 215 (40–950) |
Number of beds, median (range) | 690 (100–1,500) |
Number of births, median (range) | 6,545 (0–13,871) |
Total number of doctors in the unit, median (range) | 10 (2–46) |
Total number of nurses in the unit, median (range) | 25 (4–70) |
Total number of different rooms in the unit, median (range) | 3 (0–11) |
Total number of beds in the unit, median (range) | 20 (0–75) |
Total number of patients/year, median (range) | 1,019 (100–4,258) |
Number of inborn patients admitted to the unit, median (range) | 713 (0–4,200) |
Number of out born patients admitted to the unit, median (range) | 204 (40–1,200) |
Number of deaths in the unit, median (range) | 40 (0–147) |
Number of deaths in unit attributed to sepsis, median (range) | 12 (0–50) |
Availability of alcohol gel for quick hand-cleansing, n (%) | 22 (73%) |