Maternity Care Guidelines

National Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Drug Use during Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Development Years of the Newborn
From NSW Health
Commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy under the Cost Shared Funding Model
 
Centre for Disease Control Publications (NT)
These CDC protocols are on the NT Government DHF (Department of Health and Families) website. They provide a number of guidelines (both NT specific and national) covering subjects such as Acute Rheumatic Fever & Heart Disease, Anaphylaxis, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Trachoma and more.
 
NICE Antenatal Care guidelines
These Antenatal Care Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the UK were updated in March 2008. Many maternity institutions in Australia refer to these guidelines as they are current and evidence based.
 

SOMANZ Guidelines for the Management of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (2008)

This guideline was developed by the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. These guidelines are used in many Australian Maternity units. SOMANZ aims to advance clinical and scientific knowledge of hypertensive diseases and medical disorders in pregnancy.

Click on the link above to be directed to a PDF of the guidelines
 
QLD Statewide Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines

These Clinical Guidelines have been developed to support a standard approach to clinical care across Queensland. From this website you can access PDF copies of both Maternal and Neonatal Guidelines.
 
The Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine

The policy - Promoting Excellence in Ultrasound - implements a standard obstetric chart to ensure there is uniformed reporting of obstetric measurements across Australia and New Zealand. The data used in this policy is based on the most recent research involving Australasian populations. The obstetric measurement charts are based on an Australian population. The figures were the result of a three year study of 3,800 pregnancies and 11,600 measurements of fetal parameters with 26 practices involved with the project.