S-0.1, r. 11 - Regulation respecting the examinations and analyses that a midwife may prescribe, conduct or interpret in the practice of midwifery

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2012-09-01

SCHEDULE I

(s. 1)

EXAMINATIONS AND ANALYSES CONCERNING THE MOTHER

                            Prescribe   Conduct      Interpret    Conditions


24-hour proteinuria             X          X             X        After 20 weeks
                                                                  of pregnancy

Amniocentesis                   X

Anatomopathology of placenta,   X
membranes and cord 

Bacteriological cultures of     X          X             X
body fluids and bacterial 
sensitivity test to antibiotics 

Biophysical profile             X

Blood and urine toxicology      X          X             X
screening

Blood group and rhesus          X          X             X

Complete blood count            X          X             X

Detection of foetal cells       X          X             X        For Rh-negative
(Kleihauer)                                                       mothers 
                                                                  undergoing 
                                                                  surgery or 
                                                                  suffering a 
                                                                  trauma increasing
                                                                  the risk of 
                                                                  foeto-maternal
                                                                  transfusion where
                                                                  no immunoglobulin
                                                                  prophylaxy has 
                                                                  been received

Ferritin                        X          X             X

Foetal monitoring               X          X             X

Folic acid                      X          X             X

Glucose tolerance test          X          X             X

Glycemia                        X          X             X

Hemoglobin electrophoresis      X          X                      For mothers at
                                                                  risk of 
                                                                  hemoglobinopathy

Hepatic profile (LDH, ALT,      X          X             X
AST, GGT, conjugated and 
unconjugated bilirubin) 

Immune antibodies search        X          X             X

Indirect antiglobulin test      X          X             X

Non-stress test                 X          X             X

Obstetric ultrasound            X

Papanicolaou’s stain test       X          X
(endocervix, ectocervix and 
vagina cytology) 

Pregnancy test (Beta-HCG blood) X          X             X

Pregnancy test (urine HCG)      X          X             X

Renal functions studies         X          X             X
(BUN, creatinine, protein, 
albumin, uric acid, urea) 

Serological examinations        X          X             X

Serum iron + complement         X          X             X
fixation (TIBC) 

Serum markers                   X          X

STI screening                   X          X             X

TSH level                       X          X             X

Urianalysis                     X          X             X
(physical and microscopic)

Vitamin B12 level               X          X             X

    

O.C. 968-2008, Sch. I.