Varicella in pregnancy .pdf

National Clinical Practice Guideline Varicella in pregnancy Guideline Development Group Prof Richard Drew, Consultant Microbiologist Dr Rachel Barry, Microbiology Specialist Registrar Dr Elaine Houlihan, Microbiology Specialist Registrar Ms Úna Cahill, Assistant Director of Midwifery Dr...

National Clinical Practice Guideline Varicella in pregnancy Guideline Development Group Prof Richard Drew, Consultant Microbiologist Dr Rachel Barry, Microbiology Specialist Registrar Dr Elaine Houlihan, Microbiology Specialist Registrar Ms Úna Cahill, Assistant Director of Midwifery Dr Mahmoud Farhan, Consultant Neonatologist Prof Patrick Gavin, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases Dr Minna Geisler, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Dr Susan Knowles, Consultant Microbiologist Dr Judi Lynch, Consultant Microbiologist Ms Mary Lynch, Clinical Midwifery Manager 3 Dr Gillian Ryan, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Guideline Programme Team Prof Keelin O’Donoghue (Clinical Lead) Ms Nicolai Murphy (Programme Manager) Approved by The National Women and Infants Health Programme (NWIHP) and the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (IOG) Clinical Advisory Group (CAG) 2023 Version Number: Version 1.0 Publication Date: October 2023 Date for Revision: October 2026 Electronic Location: https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/acute-hospitals-division/woman-infants/clinical-guidelines/ https://www.rcpi.ie/faculties/obstetricians-and-gynaecologists/national-clinical-guidelines-in- obstetrics-and-gynaecology/ Version control Version Date Approved Section numbers changed Author Cite this document as: Drew RJ, Barry R, Houlihan E, Cahill Ú, Farhan M, Gavin P, Geisler M, Knowles S, Lynch J, Lynch M, Ryan G. National Clinical Practice Guideline: Varicella in pregnancy. National Women and Infants Health Programme and The Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. October 2023  National Clinical Practice Guideline Varicella in pregnancy Table of Contents ALGORITHMS3 KEY RECOMMENDATIONS 5 CHAPTER 1: INITIATION 9 1.1 Purpose 9 1.2 Scope 9 1.3 Objective 9 1.4 Guideline development process 9 1.5 Stakeholder involvement 10 1.6 Disclosure of interests 10 1.7 Disclaimer 11 1.8 Use of language 12 CHAPTER 2: CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE 13 Section 1: Antenatal Care and varicella prevention 14 Section 2: Post-exposure prophylaxis for the non-immune pregnant woman exposed to varicella 15 Section 3: Management of a pregnant woman or recently post-partum (