B.1: Maternal Assessment
Anaemia
- B.1.1: Full blood count testing is the recommended method for diagnosing anaemia in pregnancy. In settings where full blood count testing is not available, on-site haemoglobin testing with a haemoglobinometer is recommended over the use of the haemoglobin colour scale as the method for diagnosing anaemia in pregnancy.
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (ASB)
- B.1.2: Midstream urine culture is the recommended method for diagnosing asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in pregnancy. In settings where urine culture is not available, on-site midstream urine Gram-staining is recommended over the use of dipstick tests as the method for diagnosing ASB in pregnancy.
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
- B.1.3: Clinical enquiry about the possibility of intimate partner violence (IPV) should be strongly considered at antenatal care visits when assessing conditions that may be caused or complicated by IPV in order to improve clinical diagnosis and subsequent care, where there is the capacity to provide a supportive response (including referral where appropriate) and where the WHO minimum requirements are met.¹³¹⁴
First trimester: < 11 mg\dl Second trimester: < 10.5 mg\dl Third trimester : < 11 mg\dl
Prophylactic dose: 2-4 mg\kg Therapeutic dose: 6-8 mg\kg
