Authors' reply re: OASI Care Bundle

Ranee Thakar^{1

2}, Posy Bidwell², Robert Freeman³, Ipek Gurol-Urganci^{2

4}, Magdalena Jurczuk², Dorian Martinez², Elizabeth Percy^{2

3}, Nick Sevdalis⁵, Louise Silverton⁶, Jan van der Meulen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Croydon University Hospital, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, London, UK.
² Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Centre for Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit, London, UK.
³ Department of Women's Health, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.
⁴ Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London, UK.
⁵ Centre for Implementation Science, Health Service and Population Research Department, King's College London, London, UK.
⁶ Royal College of Midwives, London, UK.

Comment

Ranee Thakar et al. BJOG. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;129(1):175-176.

doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16901. Epub 2021 Sep 29.

¹ Croydon University Hospital, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, London, UK.
² Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Centre for Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit, London, UK.
³ Department of Women's Health, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.
⁴ Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London, UK.
⁵ Centre for Implementation Science, Health Service and Population Research Department, King's College London, London, UK.
⁶ Royal College of Midwives, London, UK.

No abstract available

Comment on

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.
Scamell M, Thornton J, Hales K, Renfew M, Dahlen H, Jowit M, Downe S, Gillman L, Grace N, Wiseman O, Forman J, Grace N, Davis D, Madeley AM, Chippington D, Lawther L, Burns E. Scamell M, et al. BJOG. 2022 Jan;129(1):174-175. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16885. Epub 2021 Sep 21. BJOG. 2022. PMID: 34545987 No abstract available.

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