Umbilical cord infection in neonates born at term and hospitalized at a mother and child reference center in Cameroon

摘要

Background: Umbilical cord infections are a main cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Due to this, dressing of the umbilical cord should be done with the necessary aseptic conditions. The absence of a protocol in practicing this dressing is a fault in our context. In Cameroon, no study on dressing of umbilical cord had been carried out so far. We thought it wise to carry out a study with the objective of ameliorating the quality of dressing of the umbilical cord at the Chantal Biya Mother and Child Center in Yaounde, Cameroon.