From the frontline of COVID‐19 – how prepared are we as obstetricians? A commentary

Global interim guidance on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) during pregnancy and puerperium from FIGO and allied partners: Information for healthcare professionals

“…67 • Mother/baby separation may impede early bonding as well as establishment of lactation. 68 These factors will inevitably cause additional stress for mothers in the postpartum period.…”

Improving the quality of care in pregnancy and childbirth with coronavirus (COVID-19): a systematic review

“…In cases where the symptoms are mild, women can be encouraged to stay in the quarantine latent phase [17]. c. If birth at home is planned, a discussion should begin with the woman for the probability of infected fetal [8,21]. d. In cases where labor has begun, it should be linked with a maternity ward for fetal health monitoring [17].…”

“…d. Women need to be aware that a midwife to their attendance, when prior to entering the hospital, should be alerted [17]. e. Women should be wearing an appropriate surgical face mask and it should not be removed until the woman is isolated in a suitable room [17,21]. f. Women should directly be guided to an isolation room, only essential staff should enter the room and visitors should be kept to a minimum [17].…”

“…j. Obstetric providers should obtain a detailed travel history for all patients and should definitely ask about travel in the past 14 days to common areas of COVID-19 [6]. k. For COVID-19 nasopharyngeal swab specimen collection, all health providers should wear a powered air-purifying respirator [21]. l. Exercise recommended to reduce anxiety, depression, and negative mood during this disease outbreak for health providers with the prolonged quarantine [21].…”

Contact lens practice in the time of COVID-19

“…However, evaluation of the coronavirus outbreak impact on other areas of clinical practice, not only hospital based, should be also addressed. Evaluation for specific health care professionals such dentists, obstetricians, ophthalmologists have been published [7][8][9][10]. Similarly in contact lens (CL) practice, the impact of outbreak is massive because CL practitioners are exposed to the infection and need to consider how they can play a role in preventing the transmission.…”