Intra Uterine Deaths

[dicks]

What do people do in their respective trusts with regards to booking IUD's on the RIS sysytem? Do you treat them as you would a new attender or as a pathological specimen of the mother? Your thoughts are appreciated.

[mayesa]

According to our trust policy 'Guidelines for Fetal Death in Utero (FDIU)/
Stillbirth / Early Neonatal Death (ENND)'

5.2 Birth & Deaths Registration Acts & Public Health Acts

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All stillbirths and all live births regardless of gestation at delivery must be notified and registered.

As a result, the IUD would be entered as a new attendance not a pathological specimen of the mother.

I hope this is concurred by numorous other trusts. Especially as it is part of the Birth and Deaths Registration Acts.

Andy

[dicks]

I'll look into it again as we've always had issues with medical records here due to the fact that unless a birth certificate is issued then they can't issue a death certificate and they are always telling us that unless a baby lives for 48hrs then this won't happen.
At present i still register all still births and IUD's as new patients but continue to get grief for it.
Thanks for the advice, i'll follow it up.

[mayesa]

No worries. I hope it helps.