Open AccessMortality in the neonatal intensive care unit: improving the accuracy of death reporting
Author(s) -
Monica H. Wojcik,
Jenny Chan Yuen,
Anne Hansen,
Kristen T. Leeman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of perinatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1476-5543
pISSN - 0743-8346
DOI - 10.1038/s41372-021-01214-3
Subject(s) - medicine , pdca , psychological intervention , neonatal intensive care unit , quality management , emergency medicine , cause of death , intensive care , medline , intensive care unit , medical emergency , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , nursing , disease , operations management , management system , political science , economics , law
Death certificates commonly contain errors, which hinders understanding of infant mortality. We, therefore, undertook a quality improvement (QI) initiative to improve death reporting in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).