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Patient volumes and pre- and postdischarge postpartum infection: a retrospective cohort study.
The researchers examined the association between hospital and clinician obstetric volume and postpartum infection risk in the pre- and postdischarge periods. They found that hospital obstetric volume is positively associated with predischarge postpartum infections, whereas clinician volume may be negatively associated with those predischarge infections.
AHRQ-funded; HS000046.
Citation: Parriott AM, Arah OA .
Patient volumes and pre- and postdischarge postpartum infection: a retrospective cohort study.
Am J Infect Control 2016 Jan;44(1):30-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.08.018.
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Keywords: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Hospital Discharge, Labor and Delivery, Maternal Care, Patient Safety