| Description | To support the upgrading of midwifery skills so that countries can respond to this situation by strengthening maternal and newborn health services, a set of midwifery training modules was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The modules, while primarily intended for in-service training programmes for midwives and nurse-midwives, can also be used in basic and post-basic midwifery programmes. In addition, the modules can be used to update the midwifery skills of other health care professionals. This module begins with an explanation of the problem of puerperal sepsis. The content then covers the factors which contribute to the infection, how it can be identified and differentiated from other conditions, how it can be prevented and, if it does occur, how it can be managed. A session on HIV and AIDS, related to childbearing women, is also included.The skills specific to preventing and managing puerperal sepsis include: identification of risk factors; identification of symptoms and signs; taking a midstream specimen of urine; taking a high vaginal swab; and maintaining vulval hygiene. The general skills in this module include: taking and recording observations; taking blood samples for analysis; setting up and monitoring an intravenous infusion; maintaining fluid balance; universal precautions for prevention of infection; administering necessary drugs; preventing thromboembolic disorder; and maintaining records. |
| Tag | English, manual, puerperal sepsis, clinical skills, case studies, postpartum haemorrhage, hemorrhage, obstructed, prolonged, labor, labour, learning module, teaching module, safe motherhood, HIV/AIDS, thromboembolic disorder, drugs, infection, blood sample, midstream specimen of urine, vaginal swab, vulval hygiene, childbearing women, midwives, midwife, midwifery care, eclampsia, pre-eclampsia, incomplete abortion, abortion, maternal mortality, maternal morbidity, unintended pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, teaching methods, learning methods, tutorial, clinical teaching, drama and role play, midwifery students, endogenous bacteria, prolonged rupture of membranes, prophylactic antibiotics, streptococci, staphylococci, escherichia coli (E.coli), clostridium tetani, clostridium welchii, chlamydia, gonococci, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), sexually transmitted infections (STIs), exogenous bacteria, postpartum tetanus, amnionitis, uterine infection, gonorrhoea, traumatic delivery, retained placental fragments, caesarean section, cesarean section, deep vein thrombosis, direct obstetric death, indirect obstetric death |
