Join the TIPQC Optimal Cord Clamping Project
During pregnancy, the umbilical cord carries oxygen and nutrition from the mother’s placenta to her baby. After the baby is born, the umbilical cord continues to keep moving blood to the baby while the baby starts to breathe. Studies have shown that waiting up to 60 seconds to clamp the cord can provide many benefits to both term and preterm babies. Because of this, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends this practice. Among those benefits can be a decrease in mortality as one recent study has suggested that for every 10% increase in the rate of the delay in umbilical cord clamping among preterm infants at a hospital there is a 5% lower infant mortality rate.
The Optimal Cord Clamping project will kick off at the Annual Meeting. This project will be for all delivering hospitals across the state and is a low-cost project that does not require new equipment or skills. Optimal Cord Clamping is an evidenced-based, simple, and effective, non-intervention for improving newborn outcomes
For additional information, reach out to brenda.barker@tipqc.org.
