Perinatal care by Joint Commission, The

Joint Commission, The

1. Perinatal care: percentage of high-risk newborns with staphylococcal and gram negative septicemias or bacteremias.
http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=1&doc_id=15224


2. Perinatal care: percentage of newborns that were fed breast milk only during the newborn's entire hospitalization.
http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=1&doc_id=15225


3. Perinatal care: percentage of nulliparous women with a term, singleton baby in a vertex position delivered by Cesarean section.
http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=1&doc_id=15222


4. Perinatal care: percentage of patients at risk of preterm delivery at 24-32 weeks gestation receiving antenatal steroids prior to delivering preterm newborns.
http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=1&doc_id=15223


5. Perinatal care: percentage of patients with elective vaginal deliveries or elective cesarean sections at greater than or equal to 37Â and less than 39 weeks of gestation completed.
http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=1&doc_id=15221

SOURCE(S)
Specifications manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures [Version 2010A2]. Oakbrook Terrace (IL): The Joint Commission; 2010 Jan. 335 p.