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Guidelines for Maternity Providers offering antenatal HIV screening in New Zealand

These guidelines for best practice are to support maternity providers in delivering a consistently effective Antenatal Screening Programme for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).  Consumer pamphlets for the Antenatal HIV Screening Programme are available nationally for pregnant women. However, some women may want more detailed information about screening, particularly about what happens after receiving an inconclusive or positive HIV result. These guidelines support practitioners to provide this information and to be aware of national policy within the screening programme.

Policy and Quality Standards --*/  - 136Kb

The purpose of the Policy and Quality Standards is to document the operational policy and quality standards of practice for providers of services within the Universal Offer Antenatal HIV Screening Programme.

These Policy and Quality Standards (December 2008) form part of the contract between the Ministry of Health and DHBs, for the provision of antenatal HIV screening services.

Implementation Folder Inserts --*/  - 166Kb

Guidelines for Implementation of the Antenatal HIV Screening Programme.