Name of Office: NCDPC

The following practices should never be done anymore to the newborn:

• Manipulation such as routine suctioning of secretions if the baby is crying and breathing normally. Doing so may cause trauma or introduce infection.
• Putting the newborn on a cold or wet surface.
• Wiping or removal of vernix caseosa if present
• Foot printing
• Bathing earlier than 6 hours of life
• Unnecessary separation of the newborn primarily for weighing, anthropometric measurements, intramuscular administration of vitamin K, Hepatitis B vaccine and BCG vaccine
• Transferring of the newborn to the nursery or neonatal intensive care unit without any indication