A rapid assessment of the quality of neonatal healthcare in Kilimanjaro region, northeast Tanzania

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mbwele, Bernard ^a   Reddy, Elizabeth ^b   Reyburn, Hugh ^c  

^a KILIMANJARO CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; INFUSION FLUID; OXYGEN; RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART RATE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICATION ERROR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMATURITY; PRESCRIPTION; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; POSTNATAL CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84869212338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-182     Document Type: Article

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