Mackay Base Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies

Indicator 21: Was the cleanliness of the labour and birth rooms adequate?Gold standard care is defined as women feeling that the cleanliness of the labour and birth rooms does not need improvement.We asked: “Were there any aspects of the room for labour and birth that needed improvement?” Women were asked to selectthe aspects of the labour and birth rooms they felt needed improvement from a list including ‘cleanliness’. Women could alsoindicate that nothing needed improvement.The graph displays the percentage of women who did not say that the cleanliness of the labour and birth rooms neededimprovement.STATEWIDE PUBLIC97Mackay Base Hospital (n=82)95Mackay Birth Centre (n=12)100Proserpine Hospital (n=32)100STATEWIDE PRIVATE99Mater Misericordiae Hospital Mackay (n=101)990 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Best public hospitals in Queensland:Biloela Hospital 100%Caboolture Hospital 100%Dalby Hospital 100%Emerald Hospital 100%Gladstone Hospital* 100%Goondiwindi Hospital 100%Innisfail Hospital* 100%Mareeba Hospital 100%Proserpine Hospital 100%Best private hospitals in Queensland:Cairns Private Hospital 100%Mater Misericordiae Hospital Gladstone 100%Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton 100%Mater Mothers’ Private Hospital 100%Mater Mothers’ Private Redland 100%Nambour Selangor Private Hospital 100%St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital 100%St Vincent’s Hospital Toowoomba 100%Best public birth centres in Queensland:Mackay Birth Centre 100%Royal Brisbane and Women’s Birth Centre 100%Townsville Birth Centre 100%What do women say about their care?“The birthing suite was very spacious, modernand very clean.”“It would have been nice to have my bed sheetschanged at least once during my hospital stay.”“Private and clean rooms, midwives and nursessupportive, rooms had relaxing view.”* Denotes a response rate of less than 25%39