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A review of charts of all infants with birthweights <2500g and all neonatal deaths during 1972-3 and 1976-7 was performed in 11 community hospitals in Central Pennsylvania. In 1974-5 visits were made to 9 of the hospitals and a detailed report submitted containing recommendations for improving facilities and methods of care. Courses for physicians and nurses were conducted at the regional center. Practices which showed significant improvement in the hospitals visited:
Although current practice is not ideal, there has been a significant improvement in physician and nurse care practices to which the educational program appears to have contributed.
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Maisels, M., Morrow, D., Fernsler, S. et al. 497 CARE OF LOW BIRTHWEIGHT AND SICK NEWBORN INFANTS IN COMMUNITY HOSPITALS-EFFECT OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM. Pediatr Res 12 (Suppl 4), 446 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197804001-00502
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197804001-00502