Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy screening: checks and audits to improve quality and reduce risks What Why How When In addition to failsafe This is what we recommend These are the reasons we This is how you might do this This is how we you do are recommending this recommend you undertake the action/check Identify the eligible To make sure the eligible Maintain an accurate record of the Weekly Submit quarterly data population; have systems to: population who accepted the eligible population which includes on coverage KPIs record all pregnant offer complete screening. screening tests and declines (ID1, ID3 and ID4) to women booking for Timing is crucial to facilitate date of completion of the the NHS screening antenatal care timely entry into treatment screening tests programmes (including women who and care processes in place for book late or present notification of declines to unbooked in labour) We have evidence from the screening team and record the screening screening safety incidents of: follow up offer, test or decline in who are not offered processes in place for the eligible population in screening, including notification to screening every pregnancy women presenting team of unbooked women collect and submit data unbooked in labour or presenting on delivery suite for IDPS standards with no laboratory with no reliable evidence of and/or Key screening results
Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy screening: checks and audits to improve quality and reduce risks What This is what we recommend you do Why These are the reasons we are recommending this How This is how you might do this When This is how we recommend you undertake the action/check In addition to failsafe Identify the eligible population; have systems to: record all pregnant women booking for antenatal care (including women who book late or present unbooked in labour) record the screening offer, test or decline in the eligible population in every pregnancy collect and submit data for IDPS standards and/or Key To make sure the eligible population who accepted the offer complete screening. Timing is crucial to facilitate timely entry into treatment and care We have evidence from screening safety incidents of: who are not offered screening, including women presenting unbooked in labour or with no laboratory Maintain an accurate record of the eligible population which includes screening tests and declines date of completion of the screening tests processes in place for notification of declines to the screening team and follow up processes in place for notification to screening team of unbooked women presenting on delivery suite with no reliable evidence of screening results Weekly Submit quarterly data on coverage KPIs (ID1, ID3 and ID4) to the NHS screening programmes
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