The overarching objective of the Stillbirth CRE & PSANZ Clinical Practice Guideline for Care Around Stillbirth and Neonatal Death is to ensure best practice across Australia and New Zealand around the time of a perinatal death to improve maternity and newborn care for bereaved parents and families and to improve the quality of data on causes of stillbirth and neonatal deaths through appropriate investigation, audit and classification. With effective implementation of this guideline the anticipated benefits are:
The first edition of the guideline was released in 2008 and has been updated four times. As in previous editions, this edition incorporates the latest evidence for perinatal loss care, investigations to understand why a baby died, and audit and classification processes to inform prevention and improve future care for bereaved families.
In this edition, a greater focus has been placed on culturally responsive and safe care practices and the role of organisations in enabling the provision of best practice care. We also incorporate two new sections focused on perinatal palliative care and care in subsequent pregnancies.
Available here: https://learn.stillbirthcre.org.au/learn/casand/
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