Guideline
Turkish Neonatal Society guideline on the safe transport of newborn.
- Communicating with families
- Delivery room and stabilisation
- Medical
- Neonatal transport
- Nursing
- Preterm stabilisation
- Transport
This guideline is from 2018, more than five years ago. Check whether a newer version exists and which version your unit follows.
Summary
National guideline from the Turkish Neonatal Society on the safe transport of newborn infants within regionalised perinatal care. It covers definitions, transport personnel, technical equipment, stabilisation before and during transfer, management of special medical conditions, and communication between teams. It also describes the current situation in Turkey and standard approaches, emphasising that transport itself carries risk of mortality and morbidity and that each baby requires individual assessment.
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