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International
Canada
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't do electronic fetal monitoring for low risk women in labour; use intermittent auscultation (updated 2019)
●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)/Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR): Joint policy statement on non-medical use of fetal ultrasound (2014, reaffirmed 2019)
●SOGC: Guideline for maintaining standards in antenatal and intrapartum fetal surveillance – Quality improvement and risk management (2007, reaffirmed 2018)
United States
●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria assessment of fetal well-being (2016)
●ACOG: Practice bulletin for the management of intrapartum fetal heart tracings (2010)
United Kingdom
Australia-New Zealand