READ PNQIN's Statement on Racial Inequities HERE

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Hospital Guidelines and Resources

Last Updated 6/10/20

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Please note that as this is a rapidly evolving public health pandemic, we encourage you to take into consideration the most recently available local health department and CDC guidance when developing your internal protocols.  Links are dated and organized with the latest news first to support your information gathering. To avoid information overload, this list will only include a select number of resources.

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Select Regional Protocols and Resources shared during Virtual Town Hall Series

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• Hospital Resources

  • COVID-19 webinars, tools and other resources from Partners in Contraceptive Choice and Knowledge (PICCK) (5/12/20)

  • A Patient’s Guide to Starting Buprenorphine at Home from IT MATTTRs (5/12/20)

  • Shared Decision-Making Tool Introduced by Boston Medical Center on 5/5/20

  • Shared Decision-Making and Rooming-in Policies presented by Greater Lawrence Family Health Center during VTH 4 on 4/28/20

    • Shared Decision-Making Guidance-COVID_LGH (4/28/20)​

    • Rooming-in Agreement_Spanish (4/27/20)

    • Rooming-in Agreeement_ English (4/27/20)

  • Critical Care Policies introduced during Virtual Town Hall 3 on 4/21/20

    • Brigham & Women's Hospital Tip Sheet for Intensivist Care for the Pregnant Patient  (4/21/20)

    • Brigham & Women's Hospital Inpatient Care for the COVID Pregnant Patient with Meds (4/21/20)

    • Brigham & Women's Hospital Cesarean Delivery for the COVID Patient in Shapiro (4/21/20)

    • Brigham & Women's Hospital ICU Notification Sheet (4/21/20)

  • Lowell General Hospital COVID-19 Neonate Algorithm (introduced in Virtual Town Hall on 4/14/20)

  • Massachusetts General Hospital OB COVID-19 Inpatient Flowsheet v4-3 (4/7/20)

  • Massachusetts General Hospital OB COVID-19 Pre-Hospital Triage Flowsheet v4-7 (4/7/20)

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital COVID-19 Clinical Guidelines and Protocols list

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Telemedicine ​and Co-Production (shared during Virtual Town Hall 3 on 4/21/20)

• Academy for Communication in Healthcare 

http://www.achonline.org/COVID-19/Quick-Tips

https://www.achonline.org/COVID-19/Telemedicine​

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• Institute for Patient & Family Centered Care  Pandemic Toolkit  

https://ipfcc.org/resources/Pandemic_Planning_and_PFCC.pdf​

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• DHMC Breastmilk for My Baby Tool

       https://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/patient-education/breastfeeding-and-breast-milk.html​

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Guidelines for Perinatal Care 

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American Academy of Pediatrics

• Initial Guidance: Management of Infants Born to Mothers with COVID-19 (AAP)

  • Full Interim Guidance Report (4/2/20)

  • FAQs (4/2/20)

• COVID-19 Outbreak News Feed (AAP, 3/31/20)

• Critical Updates on COVID-19 (AAP, 3/30/20)

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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

• ACOG COVID Resources: Practice Advisory; Physician FAQ; Patient FAQ; Simulation Guide; Assessment and Management Algorithm (ACOG, 4/3/20)

• Outpatient Assessment and Management for Pregnant Women With Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (ACOG/SMFM, 3/13/20)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• COVID-19 Information on Pregnancy & Breastfeeding (CDC, 3/17/20)

• Interim Considerations for Infection Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings (CDC, 4/4/20)

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COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Summary of Clinical Guidelines and Relevant Research Studies​

• This website is designed to provide perinatal clinicians and scientists with a succinct and up-to-date collation of relevant peer-reviewed literature and clinical guidance regarding COVID-19 and pregnancy. Visit HERE to read more.

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Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Pregnancy: What Maternal-Fetal Medicine Subspecialists Need to Know (SMFM, 3/17/20)

• Outpatient Assessment and Management for Pregnant Women With Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (ACOG/SMFM, 3/13/20)

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World Health Organization 

• Breastfeeding Advice During the COVID-19 Outbreak (WHO, 4/1/20)

 

Additional Resources

• Perinatal COVID19 Repository  - this website repository offers guidelines for neonatal providers (Dr. K.S.Gautham, Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, 4/1/20)

• Patient Management and Clinical Recommendations During The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic (American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 3/30/20)

• Interim Considerations for Obstetric Anesthesia Care Related to COVID (Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, 3/23/20)

• Pregnant and worried about the new coronavirus? (Harvard Health, 3/18/20)

• Novel Coronavirus “COVID-19”: Special Considerations for Pregnant Women (Kaiser Family Foundation, 3/17/20)

• Doulas and COVID-19 (DONA International, 3/12/20)

• Telemedicine and Pregnancy Care (Women’s Health Policy, 2/26/20)

• IPV Workflow for Telehealth Visits: Universal Education for Women Ages 18-59* (National Network to End Domestic Violence & Contributors, 5/6/20)

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General Information

• COVID-19 Information for Healthcare Professionals (CDC)

• COVID-19 Updates (CDPH)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) in California (California State Government)

• Coronavirus Disease Advice for the Public (WHO)

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Data Registries

• Massachusetts NeoQIC COVID-19 Data Collections Sign-Up

• PRIORITY: Pregnancy Coronavirus Outcomes Registry (UCSF)

• VON SONPM COVID-19 Impact Audit (Vermont Oxford Network)

• National Registry for Surveillance and Epidemiology of Perinatal COVID-19 Infection (AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Information for Clinicians on Therapeutic Options for COVID-19.

• The National Institutes of Health: Clinical Trials

• The World Health Organization: COVID International Clinical Trials Platform

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Perinatal and Relevant Publications

Sources for Peer-Reviewed Studies and Reports

• LitCovid is curated literature hub, maintained by the National Institutes of Health, for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.

  • LitCovid: Pregnancy

  • LitCovid: Breastfeeding

  • LitCovid: Vertical Transmission

• NEJM: COVID-19 page

• JAMA: COVID-19 page

• The Lancet: COVID-19 page

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**Several of these COVID-19 in maternal and infant health Resources were collated by the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative and California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative to help hospitals and healthcare workers respond to the situation as it unfolds.

 

Visit their website HERE.

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