Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: prospective pilot study of the WHO safe childbirth checklist program.

Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: prospective pilot study of the WHO safe childbirth checklist program.

BACKGROUND: Most maternal deaths, intrapartum-related stillbirths, and newborn deaths in low income countries are preventable but simple, effective methods for improving safety in institutional births have not been devised. Checklist-based interventions aid management of complex or neglected tasks a...

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Main Authors: Jonathan M Spector, Priya Agrawal, Bhala Kodkany, Stuart Lipsitz, Angela Lashoher, Gerald Dziekan, Rajiv Bahl, Mario Merialdi, Matthews Mathai, Claire Lemer, Atul Gawande
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3353951?pdf=render

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