Table 1 A description of tools used and the purpose of each tool
| Â | Data collection tool | Sample size | Â | Focus of data collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Target | Achieved | Â |
Facility/ Staffing | Facility management | 20 | 20 | Management of services; staffing; services provided; EmOC services; availability of registers/cards (neonatal register, delivery register, ANC register, family planning register, etc.); key infrastructure; equipment, consumables, essential drugs; facility statistics etc. |
| Â | Midwife or maternity nurse interview | - | 29 | Practice of midwifery skills by midwives/nurses; knowledge on maternal and neonatal care; recent nurse/midwife practice of life-saving skills |
Clinical | Normal delivery record review | 334 | 337 | Assessment of quality of normal delivery practice using indicators of performance. |
| Â | Caesarean section record | 140 | 140 | Speed of caesarean section efficiency of caesarean section service; quality of post caesarean section care |
| Â | Eclampsia record review | -- | 9 | Indicators of good management of eclampsia |
| Â | Obstructed labour record review | 57 | 57 | Outcomes of obstructed labour |
Outpatient | Antenatal care exit interview | 384 | 347 | Services received by antenatal women on the day of the visit or at any time during the current pregnancy; services received during any antenatal visits; knowledge of warning signs during pregnancy. |
| Â | Antenatal client record review | 384 | 332 | Services received by antenatal clients: Intermittent preventive therapy iron/folic supplementation, tetanus toxoid administration, insecticide-treated bed net provision, provision of de-worming medication, syphilis test, haemoglobin test, etc. |
| Â | Postnatal exit interview | 379 | 215 | Length of stay at the health facility after delivery; timing after delivery of postpartum visit; postpartum services provided |