The management of newborns of mothers who are COVID-19 positive in a "COVID-free" hospital in Italy

Authors

  • Migliori Claudio Department of Neonatology and Neonatal Pathology, Ospedale San Giuseppe - MultiMedica, Via San Vittore 12, 20123, Milan, Italy.
  • Braga Marta Department of Neonatology and Neonatal Pathology, Ospedale San Giuseppe - MultiMedica, Via San Vittore 12, 20123, Milan, Italy.
  • Villa Maria Cristina Department of Neonatology and Neonatal Pathology, Ospedale San Giuseppe - MultiMedica, Via San Vittore 12, 20123, Milan, Italy.
  • Cotta-Ramusino Aristide Department of Neonatology and Neonatal Pathology, Ospedale San Giuseppe - MultiMedica, Via San Vittore 12, 20123, Milan, Italy.
  • Bianchi Stefano Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ospedale San Giuseppe - MultiMedica, Via San Vittore 12, 20123, Milan, Italy

Abstract

The strategies planned by the Italian Ministry of Health to manage the COVID-19 pandemic include
the centralisation of positive subjects in specific centres (Hubs) as well keeping others "COVID
free". However due to the large number of positive subjects, the beds available have sometimes been
inadequate.
All pregnant women, at admission to the hospital, are screened and, if positive, sent to an Hub, but in
the case of known positivity after birth, without bed availability, we structured a plan to complete the
hospitalisation in our department of asymptomatic mothers with negative newborns.
From October to December 2020, eleven babies were born to mothers who tested COVID-19-positive
after delivery. Seven of them completed hospitalisation in our department.
No complications in mother-baby dyads and no contagion among hospital staff were found.
This strategy, even in a limited number of cases, allowed the management without complications for
both patients and healthcare professionals.

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Published

2021-04-15

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