Wash hands and wear PPE w/ sterile gloves - 1, Call out time of birth, sex, and attach ID band - 2, Deliver the baby on mother's abdomen while assessing APGAR (1, 5 mins) - 3, Immediate thorough drying for 30 secs - 4, Early skin to skin contact - 5, Properly timed cord clamp and cut once pulsation stops - 6, no milking of cord toward infant - a, clamp cord 2cm from base then 5cm from base: cut close to first clamp - b, do not apply anything onto the cord stump - c, examine the number of blood vessels in the umbilical cord - d, Non-separation of newborn from the mother to initiate breastfeeding - 7, After breastfeeding - 8, perform first physical examination - a., take anthropometric measurements: weigh (kg), height (cm), head circum (cm), chest circum (cm), abdomen circum (cm) - b., perform eye care (erythromycin, 1 cm ribbon) - c., inject vit K 1mg IM - left - d., inject hepa B vax 10mcg (0.5ml) IM - right - e., inject BCG vax (0.05ml) ID - left - f., take the newborn's initial VS - g., Room-in with the mother - 9, Explain all above measures - 10, Keep skin to skin contact and cover with warm blanket and bonnet hat - 11, Keep baby in normal temp between 36.5 to 37.5 - 12, Postpone bathing until 24th hr of life, no earlier than 6 hrs - 13, Minimize handling of the newborn - 14, Watchout for DOB, early jaundice, and feeding difficulties - 15, Record all assessments, newborn therapeutics, and other measures done - 16,

Checklist - Newborn Care

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