For this reason, all personnel involved
in delivery room care of the mother should be
trained adequately in all aspects of maternal
resuscitation and neonatal resuscitation.
Additionally, equipment that is appropriately
sized to resuscitate infants of all gestational
ages should be available in delivering
institution. Darmstadt et al. emphasizes
essential newborn care including hygienic
cord care, maintenance of warmth, and
immediate and exclusive breast feeding as a
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means to reducing newborn deaths.
Many studies recommendations related to
temperature for delivery room and nursery
room are nonspecific, stating only "the
neonate should be put in a warm place"
immediately after delivery. American
Academy of Pediatrics attempted to maintain
delivery room temperature at approximately
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26°C for all preterm deliveries. Susan A and
Furdon recommends that in all nurseries, the
environmental temperature should be
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maintained at more than 70°F (>21°C).