The ABC-QI Trial aims to implement collaborative quality improvement (QI) strategies to standardize care for 32-36 week infants in Level 2 and 3 Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the province of Alberta. The investigators want to know if using validated quality improvement methods and evidence-based care bundles will decrease the duration of hospital stay and get babies home as quickly as possible.
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Major congenital anomalies or chromosomal abnormalities.
Primary admission to a surgical NICU: Alberta Children's Hospital or Stollery Children's Hospital.
Infants born in or transferred to a NICU outside Alberta.
Patients who have imposed confidentiality restrictions on accessing their health records.
University of Calgary
Lead sponsor
University of Alberta
Collaborator
Alberta Health services
Collaborator
Covenant Health, Canada
Collaborator