J Gynecol Obst Bio R
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J Gynecol Obst Bio R · Apr 2002
Review[Audits and confidential enquiry: thoughts on the technique used by the French National Committee for the reduction of maternal deaths].
This study demonstrates the need for a confidential approach to medial information when the objective is to improve medical practices, as was the goal of the French National Committee for the reduction of maternal deaths. This approach is the exact opposite of a litigation where the goal is to determine "guilt". ⋯ We review here similar actions taken to reduce other types of medical accidents such as anesthesia deaths. The confidential approach has been found to be pertinent in the perinatal audit conducted in the Seine-Saint-Denis region, including all fetal and neonatal deaths, that has shown measurable reduction in the number of fetal deaths.