Indicators for quality of neonatal care in a NICU?

[Francesco Cardona]

From our facebook page, Spalchen Sponbo asks: [h=5]What are the indicators to check the quality of of neonatal care in a NICU ?[/h]

[Francesco Cardona]

You might find some useful information on these sites:

Useful websites for further information include:

Clinical Quality Indicators - http://www.ic.nhs.uk/cqi

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/

Care Quality Commission - http://www.cqc.org.uk/

Health Care Commission – http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk/

International Council of Nurses - http://www.icn.ch/

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From our facebook page, Spalchen Sponbo asks: [h=5]What are the indicators to check the quality of of neonatal care in a NICU ?[/h]

Excellent paper by Profit et al. "Formal selection of measure for a composite index of NICU quality of care: Baby-MONITOR."

Journal of Perinatology 2011; 31:702-710.