Errors in particle size and concentration analysis of pharmaceuticals.

Good particulate products require that particle segregation has been minimized. Moreover representative sampling is essential for adequate quality control of such products. This requires optimum design of procedures and equipment for both sampling and measurement.

Term perinatal mortality audit in the Netherlands 2010-2012: a population-based cohort study.

Objective: To assess the implementation and first results of a term perinatal internal audit by a standardised method.

Design: Population-based cohort study.

Setting: All 90 Dutch hospitals with obstetric/paediatric departments linked to community practices of midwives, general practitioners in their attachment areas, organised in perinatal cooperation groups (PCG).

National perinatal audit, a feasible initiative for the Netherlands!? A validation study.

Objective: To explore the feasibility of a national perinatal audit organization.

Design: Validation study.

Setting: Three regions in the Netherlands.

New Dutch reference curves for birthweight by gestational age.

Objective: To construct new Dutch reference curves for birthweight by parity, sex and ethnic background.

Design: Retrospective nationwide study.

Material And Methods: Reference curves for birthweight were constructed using the LMS model and were based on 176,000 singleton births in the Netherlands in the year 2001 (approximately 95% of all births in that year).

The Dutch Perinatal Audit Project: a feasibility study for nationwide perinatal audit in the Netherlands.

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of nationwide perinatal mortality audits in the Netherlands.

Study Design: Over a one-year period, data for all cases of perinatal mortality were collected. Six perinatal audit panels of professionals within perinatal care investigated and classified causes of death and identified the presence of substandard care factors (SSF).