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Table 1 Final criteria (n=26) for the obstetrical CBCA questionnaire

From: Validity and reliability of criterion based clinical audit to assess obstetrical quality of care in West Africa

Domain

Criteria

History taking

· Condition of the mother at arrival

 

· Number of prenatal visits

 

· Age

 

· Gravidity

 

· Parity

Clinical examination

· Uterine height

 

· Cardiac frequency

 

· Blood Pressure

 

· Temperature

 

· Foetal presentation

 

· Foetal heart beat

 

· Membranes/amniotic fluid

 

· Cervical dilation

Laboratory analyses

· Blood type

 

· Rhesus factor

 

· HIV test

 

· Syphilis test

Monitoring during birth

· Name of birth attendant

 

· Qualification of birth attendant

 

· Time of placental expulsion

 

· Oxytocin given

 

· Time of birth given

Postpartum monitoring

· Follow-up examination

 

· Exit examination

 

· Date of discharge

 

· Vital status of the infant at birth