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Table 3 Health services use measures

From: An implementation research programme to support an intravenous iron intervention for pregnant women with moderate and severe anaemia in Malawi: study protocol

Stage of the intervention

Measures

Identification of eligible women

• Number of eligible pregnant women attending health centre

• Date eligibility ascertained for each woman

Screening for anaemia and other conditions

• The number of pregnant women screened for anaemia on the same day as eligibility determined

• Number of pregnant women screened for anaemia on subsequent visits

• The number of pregnant women screened for other conditions on the same day as eligibility determined

• Number of pregnant women screened for anaemia on subsequent visits

• Number of pregnant women screened for other conditions on subsequent visits

• Number of pregnant women with anaemia

• Number of pregnant women with other conditions

• Number of pregnant women with contraindications for IV iron

Administration of IV iron

• Number of pregnant women excluded because of contraindications

• Number of pregnant women where administration delayed pending further medical advice

• Number of pregnant women administered IV iron on the same day as the screening

• Number of pregnant women screened administered IV iron on subsequent visits

Monitoring safety following IV iron

• Number of pregnant women monitored following IV iron administration

• Number of safety incidents

• Actions following safety incidents

Referral other conditions

• Number of pregnant women referred for other conditions

Treatment other conditions

• Number of pregnant women treated for other conditions

Ongoing access to health services

• Number of health centre visits

• Number of pregnant women completing an appropriate cycle of antenatal care

• Type of delivery

• Place of delivery