ESSENTIAL

INTRAPARTUM AND
NEWBORN CARE
ESSENTIAL INTRAPARTUM AND NEWBORN CARE

Essential Intrapartum and newborn care (EINC) is a

package of evidence-based practices recommended by
the Department of health (DOH)

It is a basic component of DOH’s Maternal, Newborn and

Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) strategy.
ESSENTIAL INTRAPARTUM AND NEWBORN CARE

• The EINC practices for newborn care constitute a

series of time-bond, chronologically-ordered, standard
procedures that a baby receives at birth.

• At the heart of the protocol are four time-bound

interventions
FOUR CORE STEPS OF ESSENTIAL NEWBORN CARE

1. Immediate and thorough drying

2. Early skin-to-skin contact

3. Properly timed cord clamping

4. Non-separation of the newborn and mother for early

initiation of breastfeeding
TIME BAND: AT PERINEAL BULGING, WITH
PRESENTING PART VISIBLE

Prepare for the Delivery

1. Check temperature of the delivery room ( 25-28 ºC)
2. Notify appropriate staff
3. Arrange needed supplies in linear sequence
4. Check resuscitation equipment
5. Wash hands with clean water and soap
6. Double glove just before delivery
TIME BAND: WITHIN 1ST 30 SECONDS
IMMEDIATE THOROUGH DRYING
1. Dry the newborn thoroughly for at
least 30 seconds.

2. Wipe the eyes, face, head, front and

back, arms and legs.

3. Remove the wet cloth

4. Do a quick check of breathing while

drying
TIME BAND: WITHIN 1ST 30 SECONDS
IMMEDIATE THOROUGH DRYING

Notes:
1. Do not wipe off vernix , bathe the newborn
2. Do not do foot printing
3. No hanging upside-down, no slapping
4. No squeezing of chest
FOUR CORE STEPS OF ESSENTIAL NEWBORN CARE

1. Immediate and
thorough drying

2. Early skin-to-skin
contact
TIME BAND: AFTER 30 SECONDS OF DRYING
EARLY SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT

1. Position the newborn prone on the mother’s

abdomen or chest

2. Cover the newborn’s back with dry blanket.

3. Cover the newborn’s head with bonnet

TIME BAND: 1-3 MINUTES
PROPERLY- TIMED CORD CLAMPING

1. Remove the first set of gloves

2. After umbilical pulsations

stopped, clamp the cord at 2
cm. from the umbilical base,
clamp again at 5 cm. from the
base.

3. Cut the cord close to the

plastic clamp
TIME BAND: 1-3 MINUTES
PROPERLY- TIMED CORD CLAMPING
 Delay cutting until pulsation stop

a. Allows as much as 100 ml of blood

to pass from the
placenta into the fetus
b. Ensures adequate RBC and WBC
count in newborn
TIME BAND: WITHIN 90 MINS.
NON-SEPARATION OF NEWBORN FROM MOTHER EARLY
BREASTFEEDING

1. Leave the newborn in

skin-to-skin contact

2. Observe for feeding

cues
(tonguing, licking,
rooting)
TIME BAND: WITHIN 90 MINS.
NON-SEPARATION OF NEWBORN FROM MOTHER EARLY
BREASTFEEDING
3. Encourage the mother to
nudge the newborn towards
the breast

4. Counsel on attachment and

sucking
a. Mouth wide open, lower lip
turned outwards
b. Baby’s chin touching breast
TIME BAND: WITHIN 90 MINUTES
NON-SEPARATION OF NEWBORN FROM MOTHER FOR
EARLY BREASTFEEDING

a. Weighing, bathing, eye care, examinations,

injections
(hepatitis B, BCG, Vit. K) should be done after
the first full breastfeed is completed

b. Postpone washing until 6 hours