New Haven, CT (November 3, 2025) – Yale New Haven Health announced its participation in the Connecticut Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Bracelet Initiative, a statewide effort to reduce preventable pregnancy-related complications and save lives.
As part of this program, postpartum patients throughout Yale New Haven Health will receive an orange bracelet before leaving the hospital. Patients are encouraged to wear the bracelet for 12 weeks after giving birth as a reminder to monitor their health and to alert healthcare professionals and first responders that they are newly postpartum.
The bracelet is designed to promote timely recognition of urgent maternal warning signs – which are symptoms of potentially serious health complications such as eclampsia, blood clots, sepsis, cardiomyopathy and perinatal depression. These conditions can become life-threatening if not identified and treated early.
The Bracelet Initiative is one of the first statewide programs of its kind. In addition to providing bracelets and educational materials to patients, the initiative includes training for healthcare professionals and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel on how to respond quickly and appropriately when a patient wearing the bracelet seeks emergency care.
The Connecticut Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Bracelet Initiative is a state-funded effort led by the Connecticut Perinatal Quality Collaborative (CPQC) and the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA). The initiative is funded by the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Maternal Health Innovation Grant. Funding from the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) is also supporting the initiative’s rollout.
Learn more about the Bracelet Initiative at cthosp.org/bracelet.
Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS), the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Connecticut, is recognized for advanced clinical care, quality, service, cost effectiveness and commitment to improving the health status of the communities it serves. YNHHS includes five hospitals – Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, Westerly and Yale New Haven hospitals, several specialty networks and Northeast Medical Group, a non-profit medical foundation with several hundred community-based and hospital-employed physicians. YNHHS is affiliated with Yale University and Yale Medicine, the clinical practice of the Yale School of Medicine and the largest academic multi-specialty practice in New England. Yale New Haven Hospital is the primary teaching hospital of Yale School of Medicine. www.ynhhs.org
