| Autor: |
Feucht UD; Tshwane District Clinical Specialist Team, Tshwane District Health Services, South Africa; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria and Kalafong Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa. ute.feucht@up.ac.za., van Rooyen E, Skhosana R, Bergh AM |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 2015 Nov 20; Vol. 106 (1), pp. 49-52. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Nov 20. |
| DOI: |
10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i1.10149 |
| Abstrakt: |
The global agenda for improved neonatal care includes the scale-up of kangaroo mother care (KMC) services. The establishment of district clinical specialist teams (DCSTs) in South Africa (SA) provides an excellent opportunity to enhance neonatal care at district level and ensure translation of policies, including the requirement for KMC implementation, into everyday clinical practice. Tshwane District in Gauteng Province, SA, has been experiencing an increasing strain on obstetric and neonatal services at central, tertiary and regional hospitals in recent years as a result of growing population numbers and rapid up-referral of patients, with limited down-referral of low-risk patients to district-level services. We describe a successful multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative under the leadership of the Tshwane DCST, in conjunction with experienced local KMC implementers, aimed at expanding the district's KMC services. The project subsequently served as a platform for improvement of other areas of neonatal care by means of a systematic approach. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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