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Official Canadian Paediatric Society document (2025) on “Minimizing blood loss and need for transfusions in newborns”. Minimizing blood loss and need for blood transfusions is a priority in the care of preterm and critically ill term newborns that can be facilitated at birth by deferring cord clamping for at least 60 seconds in both preterm and term infants. Also, using umbilical cord blood sampling for initial blood work in preterm infants, whenever feasible, and avoiding routine blood work whenever possible, help to minimize blood.
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