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Table 1 Indicators from the Domain Clinical Care, Dimension Delivery & Newborn Care with source [5]

From: If you can’t measure it- you can’t change it – a longitudinal study on improving quality of care in hospitals and health centers in rural Kenya

Percentage of macerated still births as proportion of total deliveries at facility in the last 12 months

International Indicator WHO

Percentage of pregnant women admitted into maternity with unknown HIV status that are counselled and tested for HIV during labour or after delivery during last month

PMTCT Guideline p.90

Percentage of HIV positive mothers admitted in maternity taking or reported to have taken the mother doses of preventive ARV prophylaxis during last month

PMTCT Guideline p.90

Percentage of infants born in facility receiving infant preventive ARV prophylaxis in maternity clinic during last month

PMTCT Guideline p.90, Health Sector 2nd Ed. Indicators, SOP Manual (HIS), 2011 p.58

Percentage of deliveries conducted by certified staff in the last 12 months

Health Sector Indicators and Standard Procedures - Popular Version p.4, Health Sector 2nd Ed Indicators and SOP Manual (HIS), 2011 p.5,

Percentage of Newborns with Low Birth Weights (LBW) –(less than 2500 g)

Health Sector Indicators and Standard Procedures - Popular Version p.4, Health Sector 2nd Ed Indicators and SOP Manual (HIS), 2011 p.26

Percentage of maternal death reported at facility level in the last 12 months (calendar)year

Health Sector Indicators and Standard Procedures - Popular Version p.6, Kenya Quality Assurance Model for Health Level 3 and 4 Check list, 2009 p.28, Hospital reforms Supervision and Monitoring Tool 2010-2011 p.8, DRH, M&E Framework, 2011-2012 p.21

Percentage of perinatal deaths at the facility in the last 12 months (calendar year)

Kenya Quality Assurance Model for Health Level 3 and 4 Check list, 2009 p.28

Percentage of fresh still births as proportion of total deliveries at facility in the last 12 months

International Indicator WHO

Percentage of births where correctly filled out partographs were used in the last month

Kenya National Reproductive Health Output Based Quality Improvement Accreditation and Assessment Tool, Page 14

The Facility has basic delivery equipment as per essential commodity list, the equipment is functional and maintained (scissors or blade, suction apparatus, disinfectant for cleaning perineum)

Kenya Service Provision Assessment (KSPA) 2010 p.136; Norms and Standards

Percentage of Perinatal Deaths Audited

New Indicator, added by the panel at the first workshop