key: cord-0892189-swinhkje
authors: SAHİN, Dilek; TANACAN, Atakan; TEKIN, Ozlem MORALOGLU.
title: Response To Concerns About The Use Of Delivery Table Shield In The Vaginal Delivery Of The Pregnant Women With Suspected/Diagnosed COVID-19
date: 2020-07-15
journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.07.016
sha: e10c71fa0245d71b0c2c141f9cff4c9d2b4e51bf
doc_id: 892189
cord_uid: swinhkje

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professionals and use of pilates balls have been successfully performed for years in our institution. Additionally we strongly encourage skin to skin contact and breast feeding 2 .

Health-care workers around the world have been working under extremely tough conditions to fight against Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19). Many of them got infected and some of them lost their lives during this period. Ankara City Hospital has also been working as an active pandemic center since the outbreak of COVID 19 in Turkey. We have managed more than 150 cases and performed more than 70 deliveries so far. Approximately one third of these deliveries were performed vaginally. At this period we realized the necessity for practical protective equipment that may be used during the second stage of labor to encourage vaginal delivery 3 . Moreover, patients felt great anxiety for the risk of transmitting virus to their babies. Thus, we designed a delivery table shield. The delivery table shield was used after giving the patients comprehensive information. Informed consent was obtained from the patients and it is only used with patients' approval. Both mothers and health-care staff were satisfied with the delivery table shield. Patients expressed that they feel their babies will be safer during delivery. We are now working on a questionary based survey to assess the objective satisfaction of patients and health-care professionals. Delivery table shield has been used in ten different centers in our country with positive comments. In conclusion, delivery table shield may be safely used against all respiratory-borne infections as well as COVID-19 infection.

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