Quality Improvement
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QI Toolkits
- Hospital Acquired Infection Prevention (rev. MARCH 2008)
- Improving Initial Lung Function: Surfactant and Other Means (2005)
- Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy (rev. OCTOBER 2009)
- Postnatal Steroid Administration (rev. 2003)
- Nutritional Support of the VLBW Infant - (rev. DECEMBER 2008)
- Care and Management of the Late Preterm Infant Toolkit (rev. APRIL 2007)
- Delivery Room Management of the Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Infant Toolkit (rev. OCTOBER 2006)
- Severe Hyperbilirubinemia Prevention (rev. OCTOBER 2005)
- Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcus Disease Toolkit (rev. AUGUST 2008)
- Prevention of Perinatal HIV Toolkit (rev. SEPTEMBER 2008)
- CPQCC/CCS Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Collaborative
- Webcast Recordings
- PQIP Members
- CCS/CPQCC High Risk Infant Follow-up (HRIF) Quality of Care Initiative (QCI)
- Collaborative #2: CPQCC/CCS Breastmilk Nutrition QI Collaborative
- California Association of Neonatologists (CAN) 16th Annual Conference March 5-7, 2010
- CPQCC Members in the News
Prevention of Perinatal HIV Toolkit (rev. SEPTEMBER 2008)
Prevention of Perinatal HIV Toolkit
Revision Date: 9/1/2008
Downloads of the Perinatal HIV Toolkit (click on links below):
Table of Contents
1) Introduction Letter (35.5 KB 
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2 ) Background/Rationale
A) California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, 2008 Standards of Care for the Prevention of Perinatal HIV Transmission (112.5 KB )
3) Supporting Evidence Documents
A) REVISED CDPH Perinatal Policy Feb 7 2008 (73.4 KB 
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B) CDPH Perinatal Policy Letter Dec 21, 2007 (597.8 KB )
C) AB 682 Assembly Bill - CHAPTERED (57.4 KB)
D) California Law: Assembly Bill No. 1676 (18.3 KB )
E) ACOG Committee Opinion No. 304: Prenatal and Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing: Expanded Recommendations (122.4 KB )<
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F) ACOG Committee Opinion No. 389: Human Immunodeficiency Virus* December 2007 (76 KB )
G) California Health and Safety Code (Sections 125080-125107) (112.9 KB )
H) AAP Technical Report: Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus testing and Prevention of Transmission, December 2000 (194.2 KB )
I) Perinatal Screening for HIV: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; Annals of Internal Medicine, 5 July, 2005, Vol. 143, #1
(510.3 KB )
J) "Diagnosis of HIV-1 Infection in Children Younger Than 18 Months in the United States -- Read and and the Committee on Pediatric AIDS 120 (6) e1547 -- AAP Policy.htm"
K) Public Health Service Task Force, Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States, November 2, 2007 (8 MB )
-Download: http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/Guidelines/GuidelineDetail.aspx?MenuItem=Guidelines&Search=Off&GuidelineID=9&ClassID=2
L) Public Health Service Task Force, Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States: July 8, 2008
(4.8 MB )
M) Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection: February 28, 2008 (3.4 MB )
N) AAP Clinical Report: Evaluation and Management of the Infant Exposed to HIV-1-in the United States, January 2009 (166.8 KB ).
4) Appendices
A) Policy and Procedures
i) Guidelines for Prenatal Care Providers: Identification/Treatment of HIV Positive Women in the Office Setting (42 KB )
ii) Protocol for Perinatal Identification/Treatment of HIV Positive Women in Labor (48 KB )
iii) Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention of Perinatal Transmission Policy (inclusive of both maternal and newborn) (53.5 KB )
iv) Protocol for Newborn: Management of HIV Exposed Infant (36.5 KB )
B) Staff Education Tools
i) Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents, January 29, 2008 (2.3 MB )
ii) U.S. Public Health Service Perinatal Guidelines lecture (339 KB 
) (2007)
iii) HIV Testing & Treatment In The Office Setting Worksheet (62.5 KB )
iv) HIV Counseling and Testing in the Office: Provider Counseling Script (63 KB )
v) HIV Testing & Treatment In L&D Competency document (62.5 KB )
vi) CA Counseling Guide and Consent Form: Provider Guide to HIV Counseling and Testing in a Delivery Setting (45.5 KB )
vii) Ancillary Services Checklist (21 KB )
viii) Anti-retroviral Table (93 KB )
ix) National Perinatal HIV Consultation and Referral Service
x) Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC) Contacts (33 KB )
xi) HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing in Labor lecture- AIDS Education and Training Centers, National Resource Center (407 KB )
C) Patient Education/Referral Information
i) AIDS info Fact Sheets: HIV During Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, and After Birth; Health Information for HIV Positive Pregnant Women, January, 2008 http://aidsinfo.nih.gov (987.3 KB )
ii) Early Intervention List by County (71 KB )
iii) CDPH 8682- Protecting Yourself and Your Baby (134.9 KB )
iv) CDPH 8682- Protecting Yourself and Your Baby (Spanish Version) (144.1 KB )
v) REVISED Education Forms
D) Miscellaneous Documents
i) CDC, Rapid HIV Antibody Testing During Labor and Delivery for Women of Unknown HIV Status: A Practical Guide and Model Protocol, January 30, 2004. (269 KB )
ii) RTLD Standards of Care and Benchmark (47.5 KB )s
iii) California Department of Health Services Perinatal HIV Testing Information and Consent Forms
iv) Miscellaneous Issues Surrounding Implementation of Perinatal HIV Prevention and Management Recommendations (28.5 KB )
E) AAP Updated Materials:
i) Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening -- American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 104 (1) 128 -- AAP Policy.htm"
ii) "Human Milk, Breastfeeding, and Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in the United States -- Read and Committee on Pediatric AIDS 112 (5) 1196 -- AAP Policy.htm"
F) AWHONN: HIV Screening Procedures for Pregnant Women and Infants (109 KB )
G) Website on quality improvement in HIV care: http://NationalQualityCenter.org