id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-340121-ytw82yyp Sahin, Dilek An effective protective equipment to use in the vaginal delivery of the pregnant women with suspected/diagnosed COVID-19: Delivery Table Shield 2020-06-15 .txt text/plain 513 33 53 title: An effective protective equipment to use in the vaginal delivery of the pregnant women with suspected/diagnosed COVID-19: Delivery Table Shield In this article, we describe the usage of a novel delivery table shield in the second stage of labor. 13.5% of asymptomatic pregnant women who applied for delivery were found to be positive for COVID-19 in a study 4 . Similarly, another recent study has reported 13.3% COVID-19 positivity in asymptomatic pregnant women 5 . Therefore, we conclude that use of delivery table shield and other personal protective equipments would be more reasonable only in the suspected or definitely diagnosed cases. Delivery table shield exactly suits the delivery table due to its unique design effectively protects the health-care staff from infected respiratory droplets during the pushing and second stage of labor. The opening in the posterior side of the delivery table shield provides comfortable respiration fort he mother during the labor. ./cache/cord-340121-ytw82yyp.txt ./txt/cord-340121-ytw82yyp.txt