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Multicentre cross-sectional study on adverse events and good practices in maternity wards in Brazil and Mexico: same problems, different magnitude.

Kelienny de Meneses SousaIsac Davidson Santiago Fernandes PimentaMaria Fernandez ElorriagaPedro Jesús Saturno HernándezTatyana Maria Silva de Souza RosendoMarise Reis de FreitasWilton Rodrigues MedeirosQuenia Camille Soares MartinsZenewton André da Silva Gama
Published in: BMJ open (2019)
Data from outcome and process measures revealed similar types of failures in the quality of childbirth care in both countries and indicate the need of rationalising the use of antibiotics for the mother and episiotomy, encouraging greater adherence to partograph and to the use of magnesium sulfate for the treatment of severe preeclampsia/eclampsia.
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