Skip to main content

Table 5 Actions taken by the health workers to help women with postpartum bleeding

From: Manpower capacity and reasons for staff shortage in primary health care maternity centres in Nigeria: a mixed-methods study

Health workers’ actions to mitigate postpartum bleeding

N

%

Packing of vagina with sanitary pad

47

37.0

Send and wait for the doctor

2

1.6

Referral to a higher level of care

36

28.3

Setting of IV infusion followed by referral

18

14.2

Don’t know what to do

24

18.9

Total

127

100.0