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Related to: Clinical Guidelines, Communication, Cures Act: Opening Notes, Medication, Nursing, Obstetrics, Other Specialties
See also the OB Guidelines Home Page containing a PDF version as well as the test that is part of the Patient Safety Program.
Introduction
OB Guidelines Overview
Guidelines 1–15
1: Documentation for Patient Safety
2: Informed Consent
3: Clinician Coverage and Transfer of Patient Care
4: Consultation
5: Resolution of Clinical Discord
6: Preconception Care
7: Pregnancy Dating Estimated Date of Delivery (EDD)
8: Antenatal Care
9: Second Trimester Pregnancy Termination
10: Antenatal Tests of Fetal Well-being
11: Use of Antenatal Corticosteroids for Fetal Maturation
12: Prevention of Neonatal Sepsis Due to Group B Streptococci
13: Availability of Clinician and Case Load in Labor and Delivery
14: Scheduled and Elective Delivery
15: Assessment and Monitoring in Labor and Delivery
Guidelines 16–35
16: Induction of Labor
17: Augmentation of Labor
18: Operative Vaginal Delivery
19: Prevention of Retained Sponges Needles Following Vaginal Delivery
20: Management of Breech Presentations
21: Management of Twins
22: Prolonged Pregnancy
23: Macrosomia
24: Management of Shoulder Dystocia
25: Patients with Previous Cesarean Delivery
26: Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request
27: Obstetrical Surgery Safety Communication
28: Anesthesia in Obstetrics
29: Placental Pathology Evaluation
30: Maternal Early Warning System (MEWS)
31: Postpartum Care
32: Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonates
33: Newborn Male Circumcision
34: Reporting of Adverse Outcomes
35: Institutional Responsibilities
Appendices A–C
A: Sample Documentation of Delivery with Shoulder Dystocia
B: Sample Documentation of Operative Vaginal Delivery
C: Maternal Early Warning System
Appendices D–H: Sample Consent Forms
D: About Your Care During Labor and Birth
E: Breech Version or External Cephalic Version
F: Delivery Following a Previous Cesarean Delivery
G: The Delivery of Twins
H: Primary Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request