Re: IUPC placement was: glove use in L&D

From: richardc@bcm.tmc.edu
Fri Jan 10 11:22:34 1997


At Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Paul Prior MD wrote: >
>I have noticed that the IUPC has a tendancy to easily bump the
>maternal thighs or the tube to hit either my or the nurses arm quite
>easily during placement. I bet that happens unnoticed more often than
>we realize.
>

Yep, and that is the reason I use the towels and the betadine. Still, the nurses look at me wierd. FYI <and knock on wood> I cannot remember the last time I had a post-partum infection, in 'slightly less' than 17 years of experience.

Speaking of which, how often do you examine the cervix? I rarely examine before 40 weeks, unless there is a reason. Once in labor I remember what Dr. Day said. "Exam at the time of admission, the time of analgesia and the time of delivery." I try to follow that, unless there is a cause to do more. What do y'all do?

Rick

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Rick Chudacoff, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
BaylorMedCare
Houston, TX




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