Healthcare Professionals

National Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals: 

• COVID-19 Information and Updates from Royal College of Physicians of Ireland  

• COVID-19 HSE Clinical Guidance and Evidence 

• HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre COVID-19 guidance 

• Royal College of Surgeons Ireland: COVID-19 guidelines for healthcare professionals  

Discipline-Specific Guidelines (Ireland and UK): 

• Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guidance on COVID-19 and maternity services 

• COVID-19 Information and Guidance for Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland  

• COVID-19 Guideline for the Management of SARS-COV-2 infection in paediatric patients  

• COVID-19 guidance for neonatal settings  

• Perinatal COVID-19 resources and guidance  

• COVID-19 Clinical guidance for doctors  

• Guidance and advice on wellbeing for doctors dealing with COVID-19 pandemic 

• COVID-19 Clinical guidance for Surgeons   

• COVID-19 Guidance for GP Primary Care Settings   

• COVID-19 Guidance and advice on breastfeeding 

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guidance on COVID-19, pregnancy and women’s health 

• COVID-19 Guidance for Paediatric Services

International Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals: 

• BJOG COVID-19 clinical guidance and links to professional societies and statements 

• COVID-19 WHO guidance for healthcare professionals 

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Registry:

1. National

• ROI COVID-19 National Register: The National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) in collaboration with the National Women and Infants Health Programme (NWIHP) are creating a register of all pregnant women and newborns before 29 days of age who have been tested for the COVID-19 virus.  

2. International

• PAN-COVID Pregnancy and Neonatal outcomes registry for women with COVID-19 (UK) 

• UKOSS COVID-19 in Pregnancy Study to determine incidence of hospitalization and assess outcomes of pandemic COVID-19 in pregnancy for mother and baby (UK)

• COVI-PREG Registry for pregnant women exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and future emergent pathogens (Switzerland)  

• OTIS/ MotherToBaby Study that collects information from a mother-to-be during her pregnancy along with information about her baby’s health after the pregnancy is over (USA) 

• Pregnancy Coronavirus Outcomes (PRIORITY) Registry of pregnant and recently pregnant women who are either under investigation for Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) or have been confirmed to have COVID-19 (USA).   

• USA Registry for Surveillance and Epidemiology of Perinatal COVID-19 Infection 

• CHOPAN Registry (Coronavirus Health Outcomes in Pregnancy and Neonates) – Australian Outcomes Registry 

• International Registry of Coronavirus Exposure in Pregnancy (IRCEP) to gather information from pregnant women infected or potentially infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus (Worldwide)

• Pregnancy and COVID-19 Associated Coagulopathy Registry (COV-PREG-COAG) to identify the extent and frequency of coagulation abnormalities in COVID-19 during pregnancy (Worldwide)

• ObsCOVID Registry designed for healthcare workers in maternity to keep a record of their encounters with mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, and to follow up staff to determine whether or not they go on develop symptoms of COVID-19 (UK)

• British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) Study which aims to find out how many babies develop coronavirus infection in the first month after birth, and how many babies born to women with coronavirus need neonatal care (UK)

• NethOSS Register of COVID-19 positive pregnant women in the Netherlands

• National Registry for Australian women infected with SARS-COV2 in pregnancy (Australia)

• Italian Obstetric Surveillance System (ItOSS) study to identify SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy and the puerperium period (Italy)

• PeriCOVID study to understand if pregnant women who test positive for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) can transmit the infection to their unborn babies (UK)

• INTERCOVID study aimed at assessing the effect of COVID-19 on maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes worldwide (UK based study)