The safety and well-being of the healthcare workers, patients, and communities of California hospitals is our top priority. We have aggregated the following resources about COVID-19 in maternal and infant health to help hospitals and healthcare workers respond to the situation as it unfolds.
The webinars and sample hospital resources shared on this website serve as examples of how individual hospitals in California are preparing their perinatal units to respond to COVID-19. We understand that each hospital is working with a different set of resources and constraints. Some of the recommendations presented may not be directly applicable to your hospital setting. Guidelines should be adapted to fit your local needs.
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Important Updates for CA NICUs
- As of 6/16/20, the California Department of Public Health states that “For NICU and PICU patients, CDPH recommends two designated support persons that may visit at the same time.” (CDPH AFL 20-38.2)
CPQCC/ CMQCC Webinars
- Supporting Your Perinatal Units During COVID-19: Outpatient Care and Patient Education (Multidisciplinary Panel, 5/15/20) | Webinar Recording and Slides
- Supporting Your Perinatal Units During COVID-19: Mental Health Considerations for Patients and Healthcare Workers. (UCSF/ NEC Society/ Stanford, 4/29/20)| Webinar Recording and Slides
*Please Note: Due to the rapidly changing guidelines around COVID-19, older webinar recordings were taken down.
Sample Hospital Resources
The resources below were shared by individual hospitals as examples of their policies during COVID-19. They may not reflect the most up-to-date policies being used by these hospitals but are continually reviewed for accuracy and relevance.
Screening/Testing
- Steps to Evaluating a Patient with Respiratory Symptoms (Zuckerberg San Francisco General, 5/26/20)
- Admission Testing and Management for L&D and Postpartum (UCLA, 4/28/20)
- L&D Asymptomatic Patient Rapid COVID-19 Testing Algorithm (Stanford Health Care, 4/22/20)
- L&D Pre-Procedure COVID-19 Testing Algorithm (Stanford Health Care, 4/22/20)
- How to Obtain a Nasopharyngeal Swab (The New England Journal of Medicine, 4/17/20)
Surgical
- Code C COVID Scenario Storyboard (UC Davis, 5/19/20)
- L&D OR Algorithm (UCLA, 4/28/20)
- L&D Emergency OR Algorithm (UCLA, 4/28/20)
COVID+ or PUI General Care
- L&D COVID-19 Patient Care Algorithm (Stanford Health Care, 6/12/20)
- Example of a Frequently Updated Policy (CPMC, 4/20/20)
- COVID-19 Coding Decision Tree (Stanford Health Care, 4/14/20)
- Care of Neonates Born to Women with Suspected/Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 (UC Davis Health, 4/10/20)
- Neonatal Respiratory Filter Examples (LAC-USC and Stanford Health Care, 3/25/20)
Organizational Recommendations
- UPDATED Management of Infants Born to Mothers with COVID-19 (7/22/20)
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- UPDATED Practice Advisory (7/28/20)
- UPDATED FAQ for Obstetrician-Gynecologists, Obstetrics (7/27/20)
- UPDATED Patient FAQ (7/14/20)
- UPDATED Outpatient Assessment and Management Algorithm (ACOG/ SMFM, 7/14/20)
- Resumption of Comprehensive Women’s Health Care (5/6/20)
- Early Acute Respiratory Support for Pregnant Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (5/6/20)
- Simulation Guide (4/20/20)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- UPDATED Evaluation & Management Considerations for Neonates at Risk of COVID-19 (8/3/20)
- Characteristics of Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status (6/26/20)
- Information on Pregnancy & Breastfeeding (6/25/20)
- Interim Considerations for Infection Prevention and Control in Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings (5/20/20)
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- UPDATED What Maternal-Fetal Medicine Subspecialists Need to Know (7/23/20)
- UPDATED Outpatient Assessment and Management Algorithm (ACOG/SMFM, 7/14/20)
- SMFM Management Considerations for Pregnant Patients with COVID-19 (7/2/20)
- Strategies to Provide Equitable Care During COVID-19 (5/28/20)
Additional Resources
- UPDATED Neonatal COVID19 Repository (Dr. K.S.Gautham, Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, 7/19/20)
- UPDATED Visitor Limitations Guidance (including L&D & NICU) (CA Department of Public Health, 7/13/20)
- Interim Considerations for Obstetric Anesthesia Care Related to COVID (Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, 5/22/20)
- Guidance for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic English Version / Spanish Version (California Department of Public Health, 5/13/20)
- Milk Handling for COVID-19 (Human Milk Banking Association, 4/14/20)
- Interim Guidance for Basic and Advanced Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates with COVID-19 (American Heart Association, 4/9/20)
- Doulas and COVID-19 (DONA International, 3/12/20)
Caregiver Support Resources
- Project Parachute, Pro-Bono Teletherapy for COVID-19 Frontliners (4/29/20)
- Physicians Support Line, Free & Confidential Support for Physicians (4/29/20)
- Code Green, COVID-19 Specific Crisis Resources (4/29/20)
- SAMHSA, Psychological First Aid for First Responders (4/29/20)
- Stress Relief during COVID-19 (California Surgeon General, 4/7/20)
Patient Resources
- UPDATED Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Information for Women & Families in English and Spanish (SMFM, 7/27/20)
- COVID-19 Mental Health Resources for Families (UCSF, 7/8/20)
- Managing Stress and Coping with COVID-19 (CDC, 7/1/20)
- Bonding With Your Baby During the COVID-19 Pandemic (National Network of NICU Psychologists, 5/19/20)
- COVID-19 and Maternity Frequently Asked Questions (CMQCC/CPQCC, 5/19/20)
- COVID-19 and Pregnancy FAQs – Spanish (LA County Health Services, 5/4/20)
- “If Your Doctors Suspect you have COVID-19” English Version / Spanish Version (Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative, 4/28/20)
- COVID-19 Guidance for Women and Families (CDPH, 4/28/20)
- Coronavirus, COVID-19 for New Moms (Fourth Trimester Project, 4/7/20)
- Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak (WHO, 3/18/20)
Key Data Sources for California
- UPDATED COVID-19 Key Data Sources for California Slide Deck (7/30/20)
Data Registries
- PRIORITY: Pregnancy Coronavirus Outcomes Registry (UCSF) – National registry of pregnant women with COVID-19
- National Perinatal COVID-19 (NPC-19) Registry (AAP Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine) –National registry of mothers with COVID-19 and their infants
- Neonatal COVID-19 Impact Audit (Vermont Oxford Network) –Data tool to help newborn care teams understand the impact of COVID-19 in their units
About Us
California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative and California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative are quality improvement organizations comprising over 90% of California’s maternity and neonatal intensive care units.
As this is a rapidly evolving public health situation, we encourage you to take into consideration the most recently available local health department and CDC guidance when developing your internal protocols. We have dated all of the links and organized them with the latest news first to support your information gathering. We will be updating this webpage frequently as new information becomes available. All the information on this website is published in good faith and for general information purposes only. From our website, you can visit other websites by following hyperlinks to external sites. While we strive to provide only quality links to useful and ethical websites, we have no control over the content of these sites.
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