Neonatal Clinical business rules
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All guidelines and protocols have been written for use within the Neonatal Services Division at the Royal Hospital for Women. These guidelines take into account the current best available evidence and recommended practices and are reviewed and changed as required. The electronic version is the only version which is in current use. It is the user's responsibility to ensure that the information contained with these webpages are accurate. No responsibility or liability is accepted if they are used or misused outside of the Neonatal Services Division at the Royal Hospital for Women.
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- Admission to NICU
- Admission to Postnatal Services
- Antidepressants during pregnancy - neonatal management
- Antimicrobial guidelines - Newborn Care Centre
- Antineoplastic Medication administration - Neonate
- Antisepsis in the Newborn Care Centre
- Arterial line - Blood sampling (Nursing)
- Arterial line - Peripheral and umbilical arterial line
- Blood culture - blood culture collection
- Blood product transfusion - Neonate
- Blood product - Massive transfusion - Refer to Massive transfusion protocol (link below)
- Breastfeeding - First Expression
- Chest drain - Insertion and removal of Intercostal Catheter using Safe-T-Centesis
- Chest Drain - set up
- C-MAC Video Laryngoscope Care and Maintenance
- Co-Bedding in the NICU
- Continuous Enteral Feeding
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy
- Cooling therapy - Refer to Hypoxic-Ischaemic encephalopathy
- Cooling therapy - Arctic Sun set up
- COVID-19 - Collection of upper respiratory swabs for testing for SARS-COV-2 testing in newborn infants
- COVID-19 : Management of symptomatic newborn infants
- CPAP - Refer to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy
- Cytotoxic medication administration (nursing) - Refer to Antineoplastic medication
- Delivery management <26 weeks gestation
- Deteriorating neonate - Recognition and management inside newborn care centre
- Deteriorating neonate - Recognition and management outside newborn care centre
- Development Dysplasia of the Hip
- Discharge Process - Neonate
- Drager Babylog VN 500 set up
- ECG - Performing a 12 lead ECG
- Endotracheal tube taping and securement using Neobar
- Enteral Feed Warming - Calesca
- Enteral Nutrition - formula preparations in Newborn Care Centre
- Enteral Nutrition - human milk fortification - preparation
- Enteral Nutrition - preterm infants 1000g and under
- Enteral Nutrition - preterm infants 1001-1500g
- Enteral Nutrition - preterm infants 1501-1800g
- Enteral Nutrition - infants greater than 1800g
- Exchange Transfusion
- Expressed breast milk - storage for mothers on Macquarie ward
- Extravasation and infiltration injuries prevention and management
- Extubation
- Eye – Administration of eye drops to a neonate
- Eye – Preparing the neonate for eye examination
- Eye - Nasolacrimal duct obstruction eye care
- Gastrointestinal Aspirate Replacement
- Gastrostomy and gastrostomy device management
- Getinge Servo-N ventilator set-up- Refer to Maquet
- Golden Hours Protocol - Management of Preterm Infants <32 weeks in the first 2 hours of life
- Group B Streptococcus
- Heart murmur
- Heel prick for blood sampling
- Hepatitis B Positive mothers and their babies - Refer to RHW LOPS Antenatal Pregnancy Care Topic
- Hepatitis B vaccination in newborns - Refer to RHW LOPs Medications Topic
- Hepatitis C Positive Mothers and their Babies - Refer to RHW LOPs Antenatal Pregnancy Care Topic
- HIE - Refer to Hypoxic Ischaemic encephalopathy
- HITH- Hospital in the Home (HITH)
- High Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Pregnancy
- Humidification - Drager Isolette
- Humidification - Drager BabyLeo TN500
- Humidification - GE Giraffe Omnibed
- Humidified gas at birth
- Hypertension
- Hypoglycaemia
- Hypoxic Ischaemic encephalopathy
- Immuno-Supportive Oral Care (ISOC)
- Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy (iNO)
- Insuflon catheter device-insertion and removal
- Intra-abdominal Pressure Monitoring in Neonates
- Intragastric Tube Insertion and Maintenance
- Intravenous Line Management
- Kangaroo Care of non-ventilated and ventilated neonate
- Kangaroo care - Parent-led transfers in NICU
- Lumbar Puncture
- Lumbosacral Dimple
- Maquet (Getinge) Servo-N ventilator set up
- Mobile phones and other communications devices - cleaning
- MRI - MedVac Immobiliser
- Massive transfusion - Neonates
- Maternal hyperparathyroidism - neonatal care
- Meningomyelocele (SCHN Interim guidelines)
- Minimally invasive surfactant therapy (MIST)
- NAVA - Clinical Guidelines
- NAVA Nursing Management for Invasive Mode
- NAVA Nursing Management for Non-Invasive Mode
- Neobar - Refer to Endotracheal tube taping and securement using Neobar
- Neohelp
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Management
- Neonatal abstinence from antidepressants during pregnancy
- Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (NAIT)
- Neonatal Jaundice<32 weeks
- Neonatal Jaundice≥32 weeks Gestation
- Neonatal observations following instrumental delivery - Refer to Subgaleal haemorrhage
- Neonatal Observations Guideline outside newborn care centre
- Neonatal CERS - Management of the Deteriorating NEONATAL inpatient (CERS)
- Neonatal Resuscitation at delivery - Refer to Resuscitation of the neonate at delivery
- N-PASS-Neonatal Pain and Sedation Score
- Olympic Brainz monitor (aEEG)
- Parenteral Nutrition in Neonates
- Pasteurised Donor Human milk (PDHM) - Newborn Care Centre
- Pasteurised Donor Human Milk (PDHM) - Refer to DOH PD2018_043
- Peripheral Intravenous Cannula Insertion and Dressing
- Phototherapy at home
- PICC Line - Insertion and management
- PICC Line – Insertion of percutaneous intravenous central catheter (video)
- PICC Removal
- Post-operative Care
- Pulse Oximetry Screening of Newborns
- Rectal Washout in Newborn Care Centre
- Renal pyelectasis
- Renal Vein Thrombosis
- Replogle Tube - Setup and Insertion of Replogle Tube
- Resuscitation of the Neonate at Delivery
- Retinopathy of Prematurity - Screening and Treatment
- Sacral dimple - Refer to Lumbosacral dimple
- Silastic Tubes (Gastric Insertion)
- Spina bifida - Refer to Meningomyelocele
- Sterile aseptic procedures - scrubbing and closed gloving
- Subgaleal Haemorrhage
- Suction - Closed Tracheal Suction from an Endotrachael Tube
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI)
- Surfactant – Administering surfactant via ETT
- Surgery at bedside-Perioperative guidelines
- Swaddled bathing of neonates
- Sydney Children's Hospital transfer or referral
- Tongue-tie (Ankyloglossia)
- Total Parenteral Nutrition - Infusion Line Change
- Transcutaneous bilirubinometer
- Transcutaneous CO2 monitoring - Sentec Device
- Transfer of Infant from Incubator to Cot
- Transfer of neonate on Non-Invasive respiratory support outside of newborn care centre
- Transfer of self ventilating neonate outside of newborn care centre
- Transfer of ventilated neonate outside of newborn care centre
- Transfusion of blood products - Neonate - Refer to blood product transfusion-Neonate
- Transpyloric tube - Insertion and management (nursing)
- TransWarmer
- Umbilical Catheterisation - Insertion
- Umbilical catheters - Securement and Management
- Urinary catheterisation
- Visiting Policy to Newborn Care Centre