Calibrated Obstetric Drape to measure postpartum blood loss
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Designed for use in labor and delivery units, maternity wards, and hospitals, the calibrated obstetric drape supports accurate blood loss measurement during childbirth. By reducing reliance on visual estimation, it helps clinicians identify postpartum hemorrhage earlier and make timely treatment decisions.
The Problem: Accurate Measurement of Postpartum Blood Loss
Massive blood loss, hemorrhage, is the leading cause of death in the antenatal, peripartum and postpartum period. Women who are sick, undernourished or anemic face the risk of faster decline due to blood loss. Different strategies exist for measuring the amount of blood lost - however, they all typically yield an underestimate. In many settings, especially low-resource settings, visual estimation is used to determine the volume of blood lost. Studies have documented that even highly trained teams notoriously underestimate the amount of blood lost via visual estimation. Visual estimation is inaccurate - by as much as 50% - and risks delay of proper emergency action to be taken at 500mL.
These findings reinforce current best practices that recommend objective blood loss measurement to improve maternal outcomes and support timely clinical intervention.
The Solution: Calibrated Obstetric Blood Loss Measurement
This calibrated under-buttocks drape folds out into a large sterile surface for delivery. The device allows for blood to be swept into a large calibrated pouch that indicates when the danger points have been reached (500 mL is the official definition for postpartum hemorrhage in many settings).
The obstetric drape comes in sterile packaging and folds out to a 1x1 meter sterile area for a woman to give birth. At the bottom of the sterile area is a pouch that holds more than 2500 mL of fluid, allowing for accurate measurement of postpartum blood loss. The pouch itself also includes a flexible plastic filter to ‘catch’ material that is not liquid. The calibrated drape makes it easy to gather blood lost during childbirth and to measure the precise amount of blood lost in a 2500 mL of fluid pouch marked at 50 mL intervals at lower volumes and 100-1000 mL intervals at higher volumes.
Product Specifications
- CE-marked
- Options: sterile or not-sterile
- Dimensions of the drape unfolded: 1 x 1 meters.
- Dimensions of the folded and packaged drape: 12 x 8 x .5 inches.
- Drapes/case: 60 individually wrapped drapes per case
- Minimum Order Quantity: 15,000 drapes
- SKU:
MJXDRPCN
Clinical Applications
This calibrated obstetric drape is suitable for:
- Labor and Delivery Units
- Maternity Hospitals
- Birth Centers
- Emergency Obstetric Care
- Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) Monitoring
- Maternal Health Programs
- Low-resource healthcare settings
- Global maternal health initiatives
Alternative Product: For a reusable and sterilizable postpartum blood loss measurement solution please see the MaternaWell Tray, also available from Maternova.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the purpose of a calibrated obstetric drape?
The drape is designed to accurately measure postpartum blood loss during childbirth, helping healthcare providers detect postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and respond quickly.
Why is measuring blood loss important?
Accurate measurement reduces reliance on visual estimation, which often underestimates blood loss, allowing earlier recognition and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage.
Is the drape sterile?
The obstetric drape is available in both sterile and non-sterile options.
What is the minimum order quantity?
The minimum order quantity is 12,000 drapes for the sterile and 5,000 drapes for the non-sterile version.