The implementation of unit-based perinatal mortality audit in perinatal cooperation units in the northern region of the Netherlands

摘要

BackgroundPerinatal (mortality) audit can be considered to be a way to improve the careprocess for all pregnant women and their newborns by creating an opportunity to learn from unwanted events in the care process. In unit-based perinatal audit, the caregivers involved in cases that result in mortality are usually part of the audit group. This makes such an audit a delicate matter.