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- Title
The role of the maternity support worker in infection control in maternity care.
- Authors
Lindsay, Pat
- Abstract
Childbearing women and newborn babies are susceptible to infections. These can be a serious risk to their health and wellbeing, by altering the course of pregnancy, delaying recovery from childbirth, leading to longstanding morbidity or even causing death. Sepsis is a severe complication of infection that can rapidly lead to death of an infant or woman. Maternity support workers are well placed to recognise the signs of infection and help improve outcomes and prevent this serious complication.
- Subjects
PREVENTION of communicable diseases; PREVENTION of pregnancy complications; SEPTICEMIA prevention; INFANT health services; INFECTION; PATIENT safety; PUERPERIUM; SEPSIS; SOCIAL role; UNLICENSED medical personnel; DISEASE complications; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 2019, Vol 13, Issue 2, p72
- ISSN
1753-1586
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/bjha.2019.13.2.72