Impact of a quality improvement project to reduce the rate of obstetric anal sphincter injury: a multicentre study with a stepped-wedge design: OASI care bundle: OASI care bundle

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¹ City University of London, London, UK.
² University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
³ Association of Radical Midwives, Hexham, UK.
⁴ School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
⁵ Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.
⁶ University Central Lancashire, Lancashire, UK.
⁷ Kingston University, Kingston, UK.
⁸ Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁹ ACT Government Health Directorate and University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
¹⁰ University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK.
¹¹ Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services, Camberley, UK.
¹² Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
¹³ Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.

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Mandie Scamell et al. BJOG. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;129(1):174-175.

doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16885. Epub 2021 Sep 21.

¹ City University of London, London, UK.
² University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
³ Association of Radical Midwives, Hexham, UK.
⁴ School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
⁵ Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.
⁶ University Central Lancashire, Lancashire, UK.
⁷ Kingston University, Kingston, UK.
⁸ Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁹ ACT Government Health Directorate and University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
¹⁰ University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK.
¹¹ Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services, Camberley, UK.
¹² Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
¹³ Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.

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Thakar R, Bidwell P, Freeman R, Gurol-Urganci I, Jurczuk M, Martinez D, Percy E, Sevdalis N, Silverton L, van der Meulen J. Thakar R, et al. BJOG. 2022 Jan;129(1):175-176. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16901. Epub 2021 Sep 29. BJOG. 2022. PMID: 34590412 No abstract available.

Impact of a quality improvement project to reduce the rate of obstetric anal sphincter injury: a multicentre study with a stepped-wedge design.
Gurol-Urganci I, Bidwell P, Sevdalis N, Silverton L, Novis V, Freeman R, Hellyer A, van der Meulen J, Thakar R. Gurol-Urganci I, et al. BJOG. 2021 Feb;128(3):584-592. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16396. Epub 2020 Aug 9. BJOG. 2021. PMID: 33426798 Free PMC article.

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