Hand hygiene in hospitals: an observational study in hospitals from two southern states of India

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Table 2 Distribution of facilities by type, level and admission load for newborn care and obstetric care

	Newborn Care		Obstetric Care
No. of facilities visited	Private N = 19	Public N = 30	Private N = 5	Public N = 30
Number of facilities by Level of facility^a
Secondary	0	26	0	26
Tertiary	19	4	5	4
Average admission per month
Mean (SE)	39 (5.32)	102 (9.03)	73 (34.88)	235 (40.95)
Median	38	102	58	157
Range	4–86	4–179	16–159	17–979
Number of facilities by Case load
Low	9	3	2	5
Medium	10	15	2	10
High	0	12	1	15

^aSecondary-Area Hospital, Maternity and Child Hospital, District Hospital and General Hospital, Tertiary- Government, Medical College, Private Medical College, Private Specialty/ Multi-specialty
There were no secondary level private facilities, and no high load newborn units in private facilities

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