WHO Technical Specifications of Neonatal Resuscitation Devices

Download or read book WHO Technical Specifications of Neonatal Resuscitation Devices written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The WHO technical specifications for neonatal resuscitation devices were developed based on existing international standards evidence-based publications from reliable sources and field expert experience. For equipment without prior technical specifications recommendations were made based on a literature research depending on quality and significance of evidence. The purpose of WHO technical specifications for Neonatal resuscitation devices: is to provide a minimum standard baseline to meet the increasing demand to procure good quality affordable accessible and appropriate neonatal resuscitation devices. The specifications are intended to support policy-makers managers procurement officers manufacturers regulators and nongovernmental agencies especially in low- and middle-income countries to select procure use reprocess and decommission appropriate neonatal resuscitation equipment. The end goal is to save the children particularly in low-resource settings.