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Stillbirth - Management and Investigation

Doc type: Policy Directive
Compliance with this policy directive is mandatory.

Doc No.: PD2007_025

Functional Group - Sub Group:
Corporate Administration - Information and data
Clinical/ Patient Services - Maternity
Clinical/ Patient Services - Baby and child
Clinical/ Patient Services - Human Tissue

Summary
Area Health Services (AHSs) are required to have a local policy for the management and investigation of stillbirth based upon the Clinical Practice Guideline for Perinatal Mortality Audit produced by the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Date of Publication: 03 April 2007

Replaces:

  • Stillbirth Investigation - Guidelines [GL2005_013]
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, NSW Dept of Health, Public Hospitals

Audience: Maternity clinical staff, obstetricians, midwives, nurses, pathology,paediatricians, GPs

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

Review Date: 03 April 2012

Status: Active

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