Practice Guidelines National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation & Referral
Midwives, as primary carers, need to make evidenced based decisions regarding when an individal woman in their care may need medical attention during pregnancy, labour, birth or the post-natal period. These guidelines have been developed to provide midwives with support in doing this. It is the intention that the guidelines be used to facilitate consultation and intergration of care between midwives and doctors, giving confidence to providers, women and their families.
Download the 2004 guidelines here
In order to ensure these Guidelines remain up to date and relevant to midwifery practice the College has been reviewing them since mid 2007. Submissions were called for in May 2007. More than 60 submissions received were considered in detail by a multidisciplinary Expert Panel. Any changes made to the Guidelines also reflect a review of research evidence published since the Guidelines were first published in 2004.
The ACM is now inviting comment from all interested stakeholders on revisions to the National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral 2004. Changes to the Guidelines are marked in yellow highlight throughout the document.
Please complete the feedback questionnaire if providing comments, and attach any relevant evidence to support your suggested changes.
Submissions close Friday 18 July 2008
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Download Feedback questionnaire here
Guidelines for the management of napkin dermititis in Australia and New Zealand
These guidelines were developed by the Nappy Rash Pevention Council, and are a useful contribution to the available resources on the management of napkin dermititis. The guidelines were reviewed and endorsed by the ACM in September 2006.
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Caesarean section - National Institute for Clinical Excellence
These evidence based guidelines have been developed to help ensure consistency of quality of care
experienced by women having CS. It provides evidence based information for health care
professionals and women about:
- the risks and benefits of CS
- certain specific indications for CS
- effective management strategies which avoid CS
- anaesthetic and surgical aspects of care
- interventions to reduce morbidity from CS and
- aspects of organisation and environment which affect CS rates.
To see full guidlines please click here
National clinical guidelines for the management of drug use during pregnancy, birth and the early development years of the newborn
These nationally agreed clinical guidelines are intended to support a range of health care workers who care for pregnant women with drug and alcohol use issues, and their infants and families. The guidelines are based on the best currently available evidence, developed through a rigorous process in which international and Australian research literature was reviewed by experts and consensus achieved.
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