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Occupational Health and Safety Compliance Checklist

… and respond to violence and harassment. Implement safety plans for all workers conducting home visits, working alone in the clinic, or faced with a risk of violence/aggression. Infection … gown, mask, eye protection) is visible and easily accessible in the care area and in all birth bags so midwives and students can protect themselves from occupational exposure to …

Dopplers

… off before LLD. When the Doppler has been exposed to blood or other body fluids, such as at a birth, the whole Doppler must be cleaned and disinfected (LLD). 2 Can I clean it? Major brands … meets PIDAC standards. To comply with the MIFU, this product must be stocked in the clinic and birth bags. Sonotrax The Sonotrax MIFU are the most problematic of the three brands and cannot …

Reference & Background Checks

… your TPA (pursuant to the Funding Agreement ) or through the privileging process at a hospital/ birth centre, practice groups may wish to be aware of the content of such a letter. …

Emergency Skills Workshop (ESW)

… Midwives are required to have specialized skills to deal with emergencies that occur at home and outside of the hospital. The AOM provides the most comprehensive and high-quality, … and for “no shows” will only be considered under exceptional circumstances (not attendance at a birth) and will be subject to a $100 administrative fee.    Do I have to be off call? Midwives …

Position statement on informed choice and neonatal eye prophylaxis

… ophthalmia neonatorum caused by the transmission of gonorrhea and/or chlamydia to the baby at birth. Current practice in Ontario is for the mandatory administration of erythromycin ointment … chlamydia and gonorrhea, the risk of these infections being transmitted to child at the time of birth is very low. Over the course of prenatal care, midwives offer testing and arrange … and Promotion Act . This act requires all health care professionals in Ontario attending a birth to ensure that eye prophylaxis is administered. This law thus requires midwives to …

Workplace Culture

… or as individuals. For midwives, workplace culture happens in clinic spaces, hospitals, client homes, birth centres as well as on electronic communications and social media. Midwives don’t have very …

Hand Hygiene

… skin care products to maintain hand skin integrity. Carry ABHR in your car, prenatal and birth bags to continue practicing proper hand hygiene outside of the office. Place ABHR away …

MRSA & VRE

… There is little evidence to suggest a newborn should be cared for any differently if the birthing parent has been identified to have an antibiotic-resistant organism. Healthy … end of the day or have them wait in a vacant clinic room. Refer to your practice, hospital or birth centre policies as appropriate. Routine screening of all health-care workers for MRSA and …

Consultations & Transfers of Care in BORN

… Antenatal General: During pregnancy including early labour, prior to active labour. Labour & Birth: From onset of active labour to approximately 1-hour post-birth.  Postpartum Maternal: Approximately 1-hour post-birth to discharge from midwifery care. Birth Child: Within approximately the first hour of …

Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD)

… and symptoms: heart murmur, central cyanosis, tachycardia, tachypnea, feeding difficulties, low birth weight or delayed weight gain, excessive sweating, pale cool or clammy skin and lethargy. … may be missed in the first few days of life. Newborns primarily have fetal hemoglobin at birth, which has higher oxygen affinity, and their oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels can decrease … alone.  Missed CCHD screens are associated with multiple congenital malformations, low birth weight, prematurity, intrauterine growth restriction and critical congenital heart defects …
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