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Acceptability of the fetal electrocardiographic (STAN®) monitoring system by staff at a high risk maternity unit
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Maryam Parisaei
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February 2, 2010
Abstract
Aims: To assess staff acceptability of STAN® monitoring system.
Methods: This was a prospective study of health care professionals involved in the first 18 months of STAN® use at a high risk maternity unit.
Results: During the study period 75% of midwives and 80% of doctors questioned felt confident when interpreting STAN® cases. A total of 88% of midwives and 90% of doctors felt adequately supported in their actual clinical use of the system. Of all the obstetricians who used the STAN®, 95% felt it was an acceptable alternative to fetal blood sampling. One of the main complaints was poor signal quality which occurred in 16% of cases. As many as 97% of doctors and 96% of midwives considered STAN® to be an acceptable way of monitoring high risk women after its introduction.
Conclusions: Introduction of a new monitoring system to a high risk labor ward is possible, and acceptable to its staff. Constant practical and theoretical support and adherence to strict, easily understood guidelines is required.
Received: 2009-3-29
Revised: 2009-8-2
Accepted: 2009-10-7
Published Online: 2010-02-02
Published Online: 2010-02-2
Published in Print: 2010-03-01
©2010 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York
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