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Please update your RDS mobile app to version 4.7.1

We are pleased to advise that deep linking capability, enabling users to directly download individual mobile toolkits, has now been released on the RDS mobile app. When you install the update, you will see that each toolkit has a small QR code icon the header area beside the search icon – see screenshot below. Clicking on this icon will open up a window with a full-size QR code and the alternative of a short URL for sharing with users. Instructions are provided.

You may need to actively install the update to install RDS app version 4.7.1 to see this improvement. Installing this update is also strongly recommended to get the full benefits of the new contingency arrangements – specifically, that if the RDS website should fail, you will still be able to download new mobile app toolkits. 

To check your current RDS version, click on the three dots bottom right of the RDS app screen. This takes you to a “More” page where you will see the version number.  To install latest updates:

On iPhones – go to the Apple store, click on your profile icon top right, scroll down to see the apps waiting to be updated and update the RDS app.

On Android phones – these can vary, but try going to the Google Play store, click on your profile icon top right, click on “Manage apps and device”, select and update the RDS app.

Please get in touch with ann.wales3@nhs.scot with any questions.

Hepatitis B Positive, Management of women identified through antenatal screening (370)

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Antenatal screening for three communicable diseases – hepatitis B, HIV, and syphilis - is offered to all pregnant women. The uptake is over 99% across Greater Glasgow and Clyde for all three diseases. The primary aim of screening for hepatitis B is to ensure a plan for treatment and management for affected individuals and their babies. This allows treatment to be given, which can reduce the risk of mother to child transmission, improves the long-term outcome and development of affected children, and ensures that women, their partners and families are offered appropriate referral, testing and treatment.

Approximately 70 mothers are identified by West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre (WoSSVC) every year in NHS GGC as being hepatitis B surface antigen positive during antenatal screening.

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Editorial Information

Last reviewed: 30/10/2021

Next review date: 30/11/2024

Author(s): Gillian Penrice.

Approved By: Obstetrics Clinical Governance Group

Document Id: 370

References
  1. EASL 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of hepatitis B virus infection. Journal of Hepatology 2017 vol. 67 370–398