[Retracted] A Survey of Home Delivery and Newborn Care Practices among Women in a Suburban Area of Western Nigeria

Table 2

Cleanliness and hygiene practices during delivery.

Instrument used for cutting umbilical cord	Number of births (𝑁=300)	Percentage
New or boiled blade	209	69.7
Sterilized scissors	70	23.3
Household knife	8	2.7
Old unboiled blade	4	1.3
Unknown	6	2.5
Dressing applied to umbilical stump
Nothing	50	16.7
Methylated spirit	211	70.3
Oil	14	4.7
Antiseptic	4	1.3
Unknown	21	7.0
Cloth used for wrapping the baby
Old washed cloth	208	69.3
Old unwashed cloth	23	7.7
New unwashed cloth	26	8.7
New washed cloth	41	13.7
Unknown	2	0.6