Programs
Objective Assessment of Postpartum Blood Loss
- As part of the large multi-country PPH treatment trial, each component of active management of the third stage of labor, in addition to measured postpartum blood loss, has been documented for more than 40,000 normal vaginal deliveries. This study is the largest trial to collect and measure blood loss systematically using a standardized methodology, the BRASSS-V Fixable Drape™, in hospitals. The data collected will provide pivotal information related to the effectiveness of individual components of active management on postpartum blood loss, the frequency of PPH, and care of women experiencing PPH.
- Gynuity also collaborated with KEM Hospital in Pune, India on a randomized prospective study to compare measured blood loss using two different blood measurement techniques. Postpartum blood loss was collected and objectively assessed using either the BRASSS-V Fixable Drape™ or a bedpan measurement protocol that involves placing a shallow bedpan below the delivering woman’s buttocks and weighing the collected blood and any blood-soaked gauze and pads. The results of the trial demonstrate no statistically significant difference in the mean blood loss measured with the two methods and show greater variability in low amounts of measured blood loss (i.e. less than 100 ml) in the drape arm.