Clinical Study
[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 () | 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 |
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