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Table 1 Signal functions for basic and comprehensive EmONC health facilities

From: The status of emergency obstetric and newborn care in post-conflict eastern DRC: a facility-level cross-sectional study

Basic EmONC

Comprehensive EmONC

#1. Administration of parenteral antibiotics

Performs #1 through #7, plus

#2. Administration of uterotonic drugs

#8. Surgery (Caesarean section)

#3. Administration of anticonvulsants

#9. Blood transfusion

#4. Manual removal of placenta (MRP)

 

#5. Removal of retained products of conception (RRP)

 

#6. Assisted vaginal delivery (AVD)

 

#7. Neonatal resuscitation with bag and mask

 
  1. EmONC: emergency obstetric and newborn care
  2. Source: Monitoring emergency obstetric care: a Handbook. WHO; 2009