Babies - Safe Sleeping in NSW Health Maternity Facilities

Summary
The Policy Directive Safe Sleeping for Babies in NSW Health Maternity Facilities assists staff to identify and address risk factors for bed sharing, provides information about the promotion of safe sleeping practices and provides guidance to health professionals in maternity units about how to provide a safe sleeping environment for babies. The recommendations of this Policy Directive relates to all well babies in maternity units including postnatal wards, birthing units and well babies in special care nurseries but does not include unwell babies in special care nurseries and neonatal intensive care units.

Date of Publication: 07 June 2005

Replaces: N/A
Author Branch: Primary Health and Community Partnerships

This document applies to: Area Health Services/Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation, Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations, Affiliated Health Organisations - Non Declared, Public Hospitals

Distributed to: Public Health System, Divisions of General Practice, NSW Department of Health, Public Hospitals, Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres

Review Date: 07 June 2010

File No: 05/3313

Previous reference: N/A

Status: Active

File link: Babies - Safe Sleeping in NSW Health Maternity Facilities
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