Hai :)

I am a
newborn
baby.
Am I cute?
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feedings and
it can be
diaper changes.
scary too.

Babies can have health issues that are different

from older children and adults.
What is Essential Newborn Care?

This is a comprehensive strategy to

improve the health of the newborn
through interventions before
conceptions, during pregnancy, soon
after birth, and in the post natal
period.
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What is Essential Newborn Care?

This protocol will focus on the first

few hours of life of the newborn with
the manual, guiding the health
workers and the health practitioners
in providing evidence-based
essential newborn care.
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 What is
Time bound
and
Non-time bound in
the
Essential Newborn
Care?
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 Procedures that
Time should be
routinely
Bound performed first.

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 Immediately drying Skin to skin contact

What are those

routinely procedures This Photo by Unknown Author is
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that should be Clamping of the cord after

Non-separation of the
1 to 3 minutes
performed in Time newborn from the mother

Bound?

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 It is an
Non-time intervention that
includes ..
Bound

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 Immunization

Non-time
Bound
 Eye Care

Non-time
Bound
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 Vitamin K administration

Non-time
Bound
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 Weighing

Non-time
Bound
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 Washing the newborn baby

Non-time
Bound
 Routine separation of the infant
from the mother

Non-time
Bound
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 Administration of prelacteals like
glucose, water, or formula

Non-time
Bound
WHAT DOES A NEWBORN MEAN ?

It means a child
from the time of
complete
delivery to 3O
days old.

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What is newborn screening?

Newborn Screening
(NBS) is a simple
procedure to find out
if the baby has a
congenital metabolic
disorder that may lead
to mental retar dation
or even death if left
untreated.
What is the importance of
newborn screening? Most babies with
metabolic disorders look
“normal” at birth.

By doing NBS, metabolic

disorders may be detected
even before clinical signs
and symptoms are present.
What is the importance of
newborn screening?
As a result of this,
treatment can be
given early to
prevent
consequences of
untreated
conditions.