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Table 4 Time spent on specific activities by a sample of 19 RCH nurses

From: Human resources for health care delivery in Tanzania: a multifaceted problem

Activities

N

Mean

Hour:min

Median

Hour:min

95% confidence interval

Hour:min

    

Lower

Upper

Case Management

8/19

00:29

00:19

00:04

00:54

Activities linked to vaccination (administration of EPI vaccines, IPTi, vitamin A, recording in Health Management Information System)

19/19

01:30

01:34

01:12

01:49

Maternal health (IPTp, Antenatal care, family planning)

18/19

00:59

00:45

00:31

01:26

Other (non contact productive-cleaning, day supplies preparation)

19/19

01:10

01:06

00:50

01:39

RCH nurse total time at facility

19/19

07:09

07:19

06:41

07:38

Overall non-productive time

18/19

03:06

01:06

02:14

03:58

  1. Note: Time and Motion study of sub-sample of 24 facilities, 5 of which had no vaccination activities during researchers' visits