Improving First-hour Breastfeeding Initiation Rate After Cesarean Deliveries: A Quality Improvement Study
Indian Pediatr
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2018 Sep; 55(9): 761-764
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To improve the rates of first hour initiation ofbreastfeeding in neonates born through cesarean section from 0to 80% over 3 months through a quality improvement (QI)process.Design:
Quality improvement study.Setting:
Labor Room-Operation Theatre of a tertiary carehospital.Participants:
Stable newborns ?35 weeks of gestation born bycesarean section under spinal anesthesia.Procedure A team of nurses, pediatricians, obstetricians andanesthetists analyzed possible reasons for delayed initiation ofbreastfeeding by Process flow mapping and Fish bone analysis.Various change ideas were tested through sequential Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles.Outcomemeasure:
Proportion of eligible babies breast fedwithin 1 hour of delivery.Results:
The rate of first-hour initiation of breastfeeding increasedfrom 0% to 93% over the study period. The result was sustainedeven after the last PDSA cycle, without any additional resources.Conclusions:
A QI approach was able to accomplish sustainedimprovement in first-hour breastfeeding rates in cesareandeliveries.
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Indian Pediatr
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2018
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