The road to zero preventable birth injuries

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 201-205

  Mazza, Frank ^a   Kitchens, Judy ^b   Akin, Mark ^c   Elliott, Byron ^a   Fowler, Debbie ^a   Henry, Elaine ^d   Landers, Susan ^a   Nix, Michael ^e,f   Ourston, Susan ^g   Sheppard, Celeste ^b,f   Stallings, Danette ^h   Weihs, Diana ^c  

^a Seton Medical Center Austin   (United States)

^b SETON FAMILY OF HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c Seton Medical Center   (United States)

^d University Medical Center Brackenridge   (United States)

^e University Medical Center at Brackenridge

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^g Seton Hospital   (United States)

^h Northwest Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIRTH INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIRTH INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TEXAS;

EID: 42149107481     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(08)34025-2     Document Type: Article

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