Addressing in-hospital "falls" of newborn infants

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 327-333

  Helsley, Linda ^a   McDonald, John V ^b   Stewart, Valerie T ^c  

^a Providence Health and Services   (United States)

^b Newborn Services Oregon Women and Children's Program   (United States)

^c Women and Children's Program   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE SAFETY; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POSTNATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78651239532     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(10)36049-1     Document Type: Article

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