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Guidelines - postnatal and newborn

Procedures

Maternal physical health- head to toe assessment

Well babies requiring additional observations

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Date
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Type
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  • 07-09-2009
    Babies bed sharing or co-sleeping with mothers
    PDF Document
    121 kB
  • 07-09-2009
    Baby bed-sharing with mother risk assessment
    PDF Document
    61.2 kB
  • 31-01-2011
    Caesarean section (CS) post operative analgesia regimen
    PDF Document
    144 kB
  • 05-11-2009
    Extended postnatal care (EPC) safety guideline
    PDF Document
    91.8 kB
  • 10-06-2010
    Home birth - postnatal referral and transfer
    PDF Document
    61.5 kB
  • 05-11-2009
    Maternity home visiting safety assessment guideline
    PDF Document
    101 kB
  • 03-12-2009
    Medicare ineligible women billing option for postnatal care after discharge
    PDF Document
    235 kB
  • 07-09-2009
    Neonatal assessement and examination term newborn
    PDF Document
    122 kB
  • 04-08-2010
    Perineal trauma management
    PDF Document
    100 kB
  • 29-09-2010
    Postnatal care in the first week
    PDF Document
    1.96 MB
  • 06-10-2009
    Rhesus (D) negative women quick reference
    PDF Document
    73.6 kB
  • 07-09-2009
    Safe sleeping for babies
    PDF Document
    67.5 kB
  • 09-12-2010
    Urinary retention postnatal procedure
    PDF Document
    106 kB
  • 01-04-2010
    Vitamin D in pregnancy and the term newborn
    PDF Document
    90.9 kB
  • 03-08-2010
    Well babies requiring additional observations
    PDF Document
    83.9 kB
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