I can totally see your point and in the local experience it is a real rarity ( I think it occurred to a couple of women close to the post partum period in decades), that is why before last year no scale of assessment was ever proposed. Yet given the fact that the possibility is not null and that the regional risk management group and government put as standard to declare for the maternity services the presence of tool of assessments and strategies for falls of mothers and babies in hospital, the discussion in our and all the other hospitals of the area had to start

( this is a very brief synthesis of the main drivers, of course there might be more reasons to consider for this request ..)

I guess also that the adoption of risk assessment tools for falls in hospitals (especially for the new mothers) is not a requirement elsewhere, did I understand correct?

 Thanks infinitely for your feedback

Laura 

Laura, I have never known a woman to fall in hospital postpartum. Is this  real thing? If there is no risk, or very low risk, why would such a tool be necessary? Im just wondering!

All the best

Soo

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Hi,

a group of professionals in my hospital is working on tools for assessment and prevention of falls of new-mother and newborn in the post partum/post natal period in hospital.

As the only scale currently adopted is the Retos scale (that was apparently not created for pregnant women/new mothers) and we are looking for more appropriate tools for risk assessment and strategies for preventions, I was wondering wheter you could suggest me strategies and tools that you are adopting in your context or that you see as particularly suitable for this kind of population

Thank you very much in advance for any input you might offer, it's precious!

I look forward to hearing from you

Laura

 

Dr. Laura Iannuzzi

RM, PgCert, MSci, PhD

Lead Midwife-Margherita Birth Centre

Careggi university hospital -Florence

Honorary Lecturer, School of Midwifery the University of Florence

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