Step | Performed | Definition |
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Preparation | yes no | Get yourself, your supplies, and the environment ready for the delivery |
Wash your hands and put on gloves | yes no | Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and clean water and put on gloves |
Find clean flat place | yes no | Find a place to make supplies ready and place the baby after delivery |
2 clean dry sheets | yes no | Get clean dry sheets for delivery |
Sterile razor | yes no | Get a sterile razor to cut the umbilical cord |
2 Pieces of string | yes no | Get two pieces of string to tie the cord |
Suction | yes no | Get bulb suction to suction secretions |
Dry baby and remove wet cloth | yes no | Dry baby and remove wet cloth |
Suck liquid from the mouth then nose | yes no | Using the bulb suction, suck liquid from the baby’s mouth then nose if they are not crying |
Stimulate baby if it doesn’t cry | yes no | If the baby is not crying stimulate the baby |
Tie the cord at the mother and the baby | yes no | Tie the cord in two places near the baby’s umbilicus |
After 3 min, cut the cord | yes no | Cut the cord between the ties after three minutes |