Infection prevention preparedness and practices for female sterilization services within primary care facilities in Northern India

• Main Authors: Abhishek Kumar (Author), Abhishek Gautam (Author), Arnab Dey (Author), Ruhi Saith (Author), Uttamacharya (Author), Pranita Achyut (Author), Vandana Gautam (Author), Dinesh Agarwal (Author), Amit Chakraverty (Author), Arupendra Mozumdar (Author), Kumudha Aruldas (Author), Ravi Verma (Author), Priya Nanda (Author), Suneeta Krishnan (Author), Niranjan Saggurti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In 2014, 16 women died following female sterilization operations in Bilaspur, a district in central India. In addition to those 16 deaths, 70 women were hospitalized for critical conditions (Sharma, Lancet 384,2014). Although the government of India's guidelines for female s...