The Separation Time of the Umbilical Cord and Effective Elements

Aim: the aim of this study is to determine mean duration of the separation time umbilical cord from the newborn infant and to observe factors which influence separation of umbilical cord. method: the descriptive study was carried out with 53 newborn infants between may 2006 and may 2007. in order to minimize every attempt that would influence separation of umbilical cord; a standard practice was conducted on newborn infants born with vaginal delivery according to guidelines for clamping and cutting newborn umbilical cords. and learning guide for umbilical cord care. in addition to this, by the infants' mothers after discharge the time when the umbilical cord separated was reported by telephone. data was coded in spss 13.0; number and percentage distributions were determined, it was compared with other variables by kruskal-wallis analysis of variance and fisher's exact test results: the mean newborn umbilical cord separation time was determined as 9.0 days±3.35. there was a statistically significant difference between umbilical cord separation time and, length of labor (f=7.45, p=0.02). conclusion: umbilical cord separation time of newborn infants is affected by length of labor.