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

Table 2 Characteristics of two tertiary Myanmar maternity hospitals, in 2011 and 2012

		Inborn Hospital A		Inborn Hospital B
		2011	2012	2011	2012
Live births		7509	8720	5696	5369
NCU admissions		1102	1259	1678	1644
NCU admission rate		14.7 %	14.4 %	29.5 %	30.6 %
Admissions for Jaundice^a		747	832	242	220
% of NCU admissions		67.8 %	66.1 %	14.4 %	13.4 %
Estimated number of phototherapy machines^b	Conventional – single sided	6		7
	Conventional – double sided	2		2
	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

^aAt Inborn Hospital A this was actually infants treated with phototherapy, rather than being admissions for jaundice
^bNumber 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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