The road to zero preventable birth injuries.

Frank Mazza; Judy Kitchens; Mark Akin; Byron Elliott; Debbie Fowler; Elaine Henry; Susan Landers; Michael Nix; Susan Ourston; Celeste Sheppard; Danette Stallings; Diana Weihs

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The road to zero preventable birth injuries.

April 9, 2008

Mazza F, Kitchens J, Akin M, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34(4):201-205.

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This article reports how a perinatal safety team, which applied high reliability principles and best practices, reduced the rate of birth trauma in one hospital system.

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