title: Management of meconium at birth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide clinician direction that is based on the best evidence available on suctioning at the perineum for infants born with meconium stained amniotic fluid.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Medline database was searched for articles published in English from 2000 to 2008 on the topic of management of meconium at birth.
  
  
  METHODS
  The recommendation was made according to guidelines developed by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is recommended that institutions adopt a policy indicating that non-suctioning is as safe as routine suctioning at the perineum for infants born with meconium-stained amniotic fluid. (IA).
authors.affiliation: Toronto ON.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roggensack
authors.affiliation: Toronto ON.
authors.forename: Ann L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Jefferies
authors.affiliation: Toronto ON.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farine
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008471:Meconium Aspiration Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D036801:Parturition; D013396:Suction