Hi Amanda,
I have worked places where they don't give Vit K until mum and baby have
returned to the ward. They changed their practice so babies are not given
any routine medication at all in birth suite (unless for resus) because
their have been a few instances where baby inadvertently and tragically was
given the mothers syntocinon. A way in this could happen is someone else
prepared the synto, accidentally leaves it on the resus trolley. The
primary midwife is unaware and gets her own synto and the second midwife
thinks she is giving Vik K.
Regards,
Melissa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicole Carver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 6:35 AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] RE:
Hi Amanda,
Why not delay the Vit K and do both on day 1? We have just stopped giving
vit K and weighing the babe in the birth suite so that there is less
interruption to the early time between babe and parent/s and first breast
feed. We generally give Hep B on day 2 or 3 if the parents want the babe
to
have it.
Regards,
Nicole.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Amanda W
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:11 PM
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Subject:
Hi all,
I have just started working at a new health facility that tends to give
hep
B injections on day 2 or 3. I have come from a facility that gives hep B
at
birth when vitamin k is given. Can anyone shed some light as to why the
might do it this way. Any articles. They seem to not know why they do it.
I
just want to change practice so that can be done at the same time as the
vitamin k.
Thanks.
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