Professional Guidelines

Here you will find official AOM guidelines, and guidelines from other professional organizations. Simply click on the guideline below that you wish to view.

AOM CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES:

The AOM's Value Based Approach to Clinical Practice Guideline Development was developed from member feedback in the Fall of 2006. 

No. 1 - Physical Assessment of the Newborn

No. 2 - Physical Assessment of the Well Woman

No. 4 - Guideline for Monitoring Blood Pressure in Pregnancy

No. 7 - Screening for Gestational Diabetes

No. 8 - Parvovirus B19 Infection in Pregnancy

No. 9 - Prevention and Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage

No. 10 - Management of the Uncomplicated Pregnancy Beyond 41+0 Weeks’ Gestation (2010)

No. 11 - Group B Streptococcus: Prevention and Management in Labour (2010)

No. 12 - The Management of Women with a High or Low Body Mass Index (2010)

No. 13 - Management of Prelabour Rupture of Membranes at Term (2010)

No. 14 - Vaginal Birth After Previous Low-Segment Caesarean Section (2011)

The following CPGs are no longer in use.  For access to these documents, please contact Anna Meuser, Knowledge Translation and Research Specialist at cpgmanager@aom.on.ca or 416-425-9974 x2242.

No. 5 - Vaginal Birth After One Previous Low-Segment Caesarean Section (Replaced by No. 14)
No. 6 - Antenatal Fetal Assessment

OTHER AOM PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES:

No. 3 - Practice Guide to Peer Review - "Updated and incorporated into Management of Critical Occurrences"
Management of Critical Occurrences  (May 2009)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES:

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guideline on Intrapartum Care, UK

Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) Disclosure Guidelines

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