Sæther, Elisabeth https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8335-7723
Gülpen, Friedrich Reinhart-Van
Jensen, Christer
Myklebust, Tor Åge
Eriksen, Beate Horsberg
Funding for this research was provided by:
Pasientsikkerhetsprogrammet – I trygge hender 24/7
Article History
Received: 25 February 2020
Accepted: 19 August 2020
First Online: 27 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was part of a Quality Improvement Project to increase adherence to an evidence-based protocol of delayed cord clamping. Data was collected as part of routine delivery- and neonatal care, and was anonymised pre-analysis. Hence, the study was approved as a service evaluation as defined by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (2018/1755/REK midt) and waiver of individual patient informed consent was granted. It was approved by the Director of Clinic for Women, Children and Adolescents, Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust, and by the institution’s Privacy Ombudsman (ephorte reference 2018/1357–10).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.