Articles Tagged With: sterilization
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Prenatal Patient-Centered Contraceptive Counseling Is Important
New research suggests that pregnant patients who are interested in permanent contraception are offered information and counseling on this option late in their pregnancy, making it less likely they will access that option.
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Policy Changes Helped Increase LARC Use
National health statistics and new research point to increased interest in and use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). One in four women reported using LARC, according to the 2015-2019 National Survey of Family Growth.
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Patients May Desire Contraception Even When Ambivalent About Pregnancy Within a Year
Asking patients about their pregnancy intention might not be the best barometer for whether they want contraception. New research revealed that women who had not had sex with a man in the last month or longer, women who said they wanted to become pregnant in the next year, and women who were ambivalent about preventing pregnancy also said they wanted contraception now.
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New Web-Based Decision Aid Can Help with Permanent Contraception
The most commonly used contraceptive method, tubal sterilization, is on the rise. Requests for the procedure have increased since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Increased demand suggests the need for comprehensive counseling on sterilization procedures, as well as alternatives. Clinicians could benefit from offering a patient-centered decision aid that educates people about permanent contraception.
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Sterile Supply Staff Exposed to Contaminated Droplets and Sprays
Cleaning and reprocessing reusable sterile equipment create droplets and sprays of water that soak healthcare workers and travel as far as seven feet into the decontamination room, researchers reported recently.
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Base Permanent Contraception Counseling on Patients’ Preferences
Increasingly, reproductive health providers are meeting with patients who are interested in a permanent contraceptive method. Roadblocks to these procedures include a patient’s personal concerns about the procedure or future regret, as well as insurance/cost concerns, and clinicians who turn them down because they are too young or have no or too few children.
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Permanent Contraception Options More Appealing After Abortion Ruling
The results of recent studies and reports revealed a spike in people seeking permanent contraception procedures in the United States. This trend may be the result of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which said there was no constitutional right to abortion care.
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EPA Ethylene Oxide Reg Would Affect Hospitals
Citing the risk of cancer to healthcare workers, employees of commercial sterilizers, and the neighborhoods that surround the facilities, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed regulations to reduce use and prevent exposures to ethylene oxide gas sterilant.
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EPA Wants to Clamp Down on Common Sterilization Gas
Agency seeks to better regulate ethylene oxide to protect workers from harm.
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Postpartum Contraception Care at Catholic Hospitals
A survey using a probability sample of adult, reproductive-age women in the United States revealed that most women did not expect restrictions on care at Catholic hospitals, especially for services viewed with less stigma than abortion, and did not realize that Catholic hospitals are restricted in providing contraception and female sterilization.