1 i) Please could you supply the dosage table for intravenous oxytocin infusion (It might be called Syntocinon.) from your Trust’s Induction of Labour (or Augmentation of Labour) policy? If it was recently updated, please supply the previous one, also. Thank you.
A) See attached policy G69 Induction of Labour with artificial rupture of membranes and use of oxytocin. Dosage table on page 7.
ii) If named in the document, please give the make and model of infusion pump used on your labour ward. (If more than one is in use, please list them all.) Thank you.
A) The infusion pump used is the ALARIS Guardrail GP plus.
2) Please supply your month-by-month postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) statistics for last year, or, an average rate per month that includes all PPHs (i.e. over 500ml, over 1000ml and over 1500ml), whichever is easier. Thank you.
A) 12 completed months – total PPH>1500mls;
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May 2018
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20
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June 2018
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16
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July 2018
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22
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August 2018
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19
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September 2018
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18
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October 2018
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13
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November 2018
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22
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December 2018
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16
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January 2019
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13
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February 2019
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13
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March 2019
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18
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April 2019
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19
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May 2019
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17
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3) How many units of blood or blood products were transfused to maternity patients during 2018?
A) 512 blood products issued to maternity service between 01.01.18 to the 31.12.18
4) What was the cost to your maternity service of blood and substitute blood products transfused during 2018?
A) £57013.58 for red cells
£94.89 for cryoprecipitate
£1508.38 for fresh frozen plasma
£2546.50 for platelets
£202.50 for Octaplas FFP.
5) What was the total cost of transfusion services to your maternity unit, including unused products that had been ordered, in 2018?
A) This information is not recorded
