Implementing the Practice of Birth Companion in Labor During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Endeavor in India.

Objective We aim to implement the practice of birth companions (BC) (from 0% to 90%) during labor to provide respectful maternity care (RMC) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods This was a prospective quality improvement (QI) study conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, India. The methodology given by the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Point of Care Continuous Quality Improvement (POCQI) manual was followed, and standard tools of quality improvement were used to attain the objective.