Re: FFN blind testing
From: Andrew Folley (agfolley@hotmail.com)
Fri Apr 8 14:23:54 2005
I agree Ron, but I do not think that our nursing staff has "priveledges" to
do spec exams? the midwives can. At the present time our nurses do the
triage of OB patients. andy
>From: "ainsron" <ainsron@sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>Subject: RE: FFN blind testing
>Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 08:30:31 -0500
>
>What is so difficult about doing a sterile speculum exam on a patient who
>presents with uterine contractions?? The only difficulty I've seen is for
>staff to remember to do it before they digitally examine the patient!
>
>Ronald E. Ainsworth
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Fisher, Allan [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Fisher, Allan
>Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 5:44 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: RE: FFN blind testing
>
>There was also an abstract at SMFM this year, with the same conclusions.
>Therefore, I am actually thinking that we may get away with having nurses
>do
>this at a Level I where they don't have much ancillary support.
>AF
>
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>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net on behalf of Efrain Ramirez
>Sent: Thu 4/7/2005 12:06 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: FFN blind testing
>
>Where?
>
> >At Wed, 6 Apr 2005, ATB28@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >In a message dated 4/6/2005 8:13:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> >agfolley@hotmail.com writes:
> >
> >Has anyone had experience in doing FFN testing without sterile speculum
> >exam. I am trying to see if we can get our OB traige nurses to do a FFN
> >swab on pts with PTL symptoms by placing the swab in the posterior
>fornix
> >for 10 seconds without doing the spec exam. Any thoughts or other
>ideas?
> >Andy
> >
> >Andy,
> >
> >There is an article in last month's gray journal detailing the efficacy
>of
> >this (it works).
> >
> >Allan
> >
> >Allan T Bombard, MD
> >Chief Medical Officer
> >Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women
> >3003 Health Center Drive
> >San Diego, CA 92123
> >858.939.4167 (tel)
> >858.939.4165 (fax)
> >
> >_allan.bombard@sharp.com_ (mailto:allan.bombard@sharp.com)
>
>--
> I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen,
> And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sounds
> contribute toward me.
>
> ~walt whitman~
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