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Maternity & newborn

Established in 2007, the Maternity and Newborn Clinical Network (MNCN) aims to improve perinatal care by decreasing variation in clinical practice. By using evidence to inform best practice, the MNCN provides clinical expertise for all Victorian public maternity service providers . The management team is supported by a Leadership Group, which comprises of clinicians, consumers and stakeholders from a diverse range of maternity service providers across Victoria.

The Maternity and Newborn Clinical Network not only promotes collaboration between maternity service providers but assists services identify local strategies when implementing statewide clinical practice guidelines. The MNCN holds 2 major conferences per year, facilitates regional based workshops and distributes a bimonthly newsletter to communicate new research, information and resources.

Current Management Team

Lisa Oro
Program Manager
Telephone: 0409 573 916
Dr Christine Tippett - Obstetric Lead
Dr Simon Fraser - Neonatal Advisor

Newsletters

  Maternity and Newborn Clinical Network News December 2012

  Maternity and Newborn Clinical Network News September 2012 

  Maternity and Newborn Clinical Network News November 2011

  Maternity and Newborn Clinical Networks News September 2011

  Maternity and Newborn Clinical Network News July 2011

  Maternity and Newborn Clinical Network News February 2011

Clinical Practice Guidelines

  Maternity and Newborn Clinical Network Obesity Guideline August 2011

  Victorian Standard for Induction of Labour

  Induction of Labour (IOL) with Dinoprostone

  Induction of Labour (IOL) with Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) Vaginal Gel (Prostin®)

  Management of Uterine Hyperstimulation (Tachysystole)

  Oxytocin (Syntocinon®) Induction and Augmentation of Labour

Standardised forms

  Antenatal telephone record

  Eastern Health Maternity Observation Chart

  Interhospital Antenatal Transfer Summary

  Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance

  Obstetric / Maternity Handover Flow Chart

2013 Conferences

TBA

Further information

Lisa Oro
Program Manager
Telephone: 0409 573 916