While Royal College of Obstetricians (RCOG) and Royal College of Midwives (RCM) updated guidance on 20th August 2021 to recommend vaccination against COVID-19 in pregnancy, slow uptake of the vaccine amongst pregnant women in Scotland remains concerning.
Home Oxygen Monitoring (pulse oximetry), to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxia) associated with COVID-19, is a national Remote Health Pathway for adults, supported by the new Inhealthcare platform. Building on and learning from the successful implementation of Home Blood Pressure and Urine Monitoring across maternity services in Scotland during 2020, the National Maternity Network and national Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Team have been working to roll-out the Home Pulse Oximetry Monitoring pathway and Inhealthcare platform across maternity services.
The suite of guidance and implementation documents below are tools to support maternity professionals to detect deterioration in symptomatic pregnant women, enable timely intervention for those who need it and safer discharge from hospital.
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