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PSANZ Clinical Practice Guideline for Perinatal Mortality

A collaborative effort between the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) Perinatal Mortality Group (PMG) and ANZSA

The most recent version of the guideline is now available for download below:  

Please contact the ANZSA secretariat for further information.

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Annual Workshop of the PSANZ Perinatal Mortality Group and the Australia and New Zealand Stillbirth Alliance:
A satellite meeting of the 13th Annual PSANZ Congress 2009 exploring:

Saturday 18th April 2009

Neptuna Room, Vibe Hotel, 7 Kitchener Drive, Darwin City Waterfront, Darwin, NT, 0800

Cost: $80

This one day workshop prior to the 13th Annual PSANZ Congress will include presentations of recently completed, planned and ongoing research and clinical practice initiatives towards reducing the risk of stillbirth and neonatal death and improving care for parents around the time of a perinatal death. The workshop will include a focus on meeting the needs of Indigenous women in maternity care.

Recent NICS award winner Ms Trish Wilson, Clinical Midwife at the Mater Mothers’ Hospital in Brisbane will present on memory creation and its role in the grief process.

Faculty includes Adrian Charles, David Ellwood, Vicki Flenady, Adrienne Gordon, Belinda Jennings, Yee Khong, Jonathan Morris, Janet Vaughan and Trish Wilson

The ANZSA and PSANZ PMG Annual General Meeting will also be held with the formal election of an ANZSA Board. If you would like to nominate for membership on the ANZSA board, please visit www.stillbirthalliance.org/anz 


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 20th March 2009

An invitation is extended to those wishing to present either an oral (up to 10 mins) or a poster presentation. ABSTRACT FORMAT: Abstracts for oral or poster presentations should be in 11 point, Arial font and fit on a single A4 page with margins of 2cm on all edges, single-spaced and fully justified.

If you would like to attend please complete the attached registration form and forward via fax to (07) 3163 1588 or email to madeleine.elder@mater.org.au  by Friday 20th March 2009

We will be in contact with you once a programme has been finalised. For more information please contact Vicki Flenady (Vicki.flenady@mater.org.au ) or Madeleine Elder.

For more information on PSANZ PMG please visit http://www.psanzpnmsig.org 

For more information on ANZSA please visit www.stillbirthalliance.org/anz

Australia and New Zealand Stillbirth Alliance in collaboration with PSANZ Perinatal Mortality Group

presents an education session on

GETTING PSANZ PERINATAL MORTALITY AUDIT GUIDELINES INTO PRACTICE

Using the SCORPIO education methodology

Sunday 19th April 2009

Venue: Antenatal Clinics, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin

Registration: 1:30 pm

Cost: $45

As a supplement to the annual workshop, the ANZSA & PSANZ PMG perinatal mortality education program teaches clinicians, obstetricians, gynaecologists, pathologists, midwives, bereavement specialists and other medical professionals how to incorporate the PSANZ Perinatal Mortality Guidelines into practice. By using the SCORPIO method the guidelines are adapted into six hands-on and dynamic rotating stations. Each station is based on a component of the guidelines: perinatal mortality classification, investigation, autopsy consent, placenta and post mortem examination, baby examination, and perinatal mortality processes and documentation.

Program:

1330 - 1400: Introduction and overview of session and pre-test

14.00- 1600: Teaching stations

Station 1: Communication with families regarding autopsy

Station 2: Placental and post mortem examination

Station 3: Investigation of perinatal deaths

Station 4: Examination of babies who die in the perinatal period

Station 5: Perinatal Mortality Classifications

Station 6: documentation and legal processes

1600- 1630: Formative Assessment and Debrief/Discussion

Please complete the attached registration form and return to ANZSA and PSANZ PMG Secretariat Maddie Elder at madeleine.elder@mater.org.au  by 5:00 pm Friday March 20th.

07/09/2008

Release of the 12th Report of the Perinatal and Infant Mortality Committee of Western Australia

The Perinatal and Infant Mortality Committee of Western Australia (PIMC) is a statutory committee under the Health Act 1911.

The recently released Report describes stillbirths and infant deaths for the years 2002-04 and includes 17 recommendations aimed at reducing future mortality. Areas of particular concern are deaths related to lifestyle factors such as smoking and poor socioeconomic status, high death rates amongst babies of Aboriginal mothers, and an increased risk of perinatal death at term amongst mothers who planned a home birth.

The Report is available on the Department of Health website: www.health.wa.gov.au/publications 

A limited number of hard copies are available on request from Ms Vivien Gee at: (08) 9222 4262 or Vivien.gee@health.wa.gov.au  .
 

PSANZ Perinatal Mortality Group & ANZSA WORKSHOP

Getting PSANZ Mortality Audit Guidelines into Practise and Perinatal Mortality Priorities.

Friday 18 April 2008 Watermark Hotel & Spa, Gold Coast, Queensland.

This one day workshop prior to the PSANZ Annual Congress will focus on setting priorities for perinatal mortality audit and stillbirth research as well as being an opportunity to pilot a new education program designed to implement the PSANZ guidelines.

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