TABLE 4.

Baseline and Endline Assessment Results After Implementing Interventions to Improve Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in 6 Hospitals, Busoga Region, Uganda

Readiness Assessment Items	December 2013 No. (%)	December 2016 No. (%)
Electricity supply on day of survey	6 (100)	6 (100)
Functional refrigerator	6 (100)	6 (100)
Motorized transport for referrals	5 (83)	6 (100)
Clean running water and soap	6 (100)	6 (100)
Functional newborn weighing scale	5 (83)	6 (100)
Thermometer	6 (100)	6 (100)
Pulse oximeter	4 (67)	6 (100)
Ambu-bag	6 (100)	6 (100)
Newborn suction device^a	6 (100)	6 (100)
Oxygen (fully working delivery system)^a	4 (67)	6 (100)
Nasogastric tubes and 20-ml syringes	4 (67)	6 (100)
Phototherapy machine^a	2 (33)	6 (100)
Kangaroo Mother Care bed or chair^a	1 (17)	6 (100)
IV cannular sets	6 (100)	6 (100)
IV bags and tubing	6 (100)	6 (100)
Feeding cups^a	0 (0)	6 (100)
Fetoscope	6 (100)	6 (100)
Stethoscope	6 (100)	6 (100)
Clock^a	4 (67)	6 (100)
Gloves (clean and sterile)	6 (100)	6 (100)
Adult weighing scale	6 (100)	6 (100)
Drugs
Dextrose saline and rigors lactate	6 (100)	6 (100)
Vitamin K	6 (100)	6 (100)
Tetracycline eye ointment	6 (100)	6 (100)
Corticosteroids^a	1 (17)	6 (100)
Oxytocin	6 (100)	6 (100)
Misoprostol	6 (100)	6 (100)
IV antibiotics (ceftriaxone, gentamicin, ampicillin)^a	6 (100)	6 (100)
Local anesthetics (lidocaine)	6 (100)	6 (100)
Phenobarbital^a	1 (17)	6 (100)
Nevirapine	6 (100)	6 (100)
Magnesium sulfate^a	4 (67)	6 (100)
Guidelines and protocols
Active management of the third stage of labor^a	1 (17)	6 (100)
Management of postpartum hemorrhage^a	1 (17)	6 (100)
Management of neonatal sepsis^a	1 (17)	6 (100)
Newborn feeding^a	1 (17)	6 (100)
Newborn resuscitation^a	1 (17)	6 (100)

↵a Catalytic supplies provided by the project.