Disposable Delivery Kits

Market Suggested Retail Price

$5.00

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Birthing Kit Foundation

Manufacturing/Building Method

6 components including plastic sheet, soap, gloves, string, scalpel blaze, gauze are sent to volunteers, and the volunteers send back to the Birthing Kit Foundation after they pack them.

Intellectural Property Type

Trademarked

User Provision Model

They send Birthing Kits, as part of a grants program, to field partner organisations.

Distributions to Date Status

2,000,000 birthing kits were distributed as of June 2018

Design Specifications

Disposable delivery kits contain following 6 components:

• One black plastic sheet: 1 m x 1 m (standard birthing kit) or if you are packing Earth Kits, one green plastic sheet at 1 m x 1 m
• Soap: One piece of wrapped soap per kit
• Gloves: 2 gloves per kit (1 pair)
• String: 3 x 24 cm lengths per kit
• Scalpel blade: 1 wrapped sterile blade per kit
• Gauze: 5 squares

Technical Support

Provided by manufacturer

Replacement Components

Sold as a kit only, not by individual components.

Lifecycle

2 years

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

To improve basic cleanliness to mothers and babies in low-resource settings health facilities.

Vetted Performance Status

No vetted performance data identified. However, the kit components are recommended by the World Health Organization as an essential tool for use when a delivery occurs outside of a clean health facility, particularly in emergency settings.

Safety

Scalpel blades are wrapped, however must handle with care especially if young children are near.

Complementary Technical Systems

None

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

The product follows the 'six cleans' (clean hands, clean perineum, clean delivery surface, clean cord cutting and tying instruments, and clean cutting surface), as specified by WHO’s sanitation and sterility at the time of childbirth.

Other Information

None