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jamienicolyesterday at 11:03 PM1 replyview on HN

My partner gave birth last month and the hospital had a system where every hour a second midwife would come into the room and look at all the charts and review their colleague’s work with a second, fresh pair of eyes.


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epolanskitoday at 10:18 AM

Double-checking in medicine is a practice that is usually used only for specific high-risk scenarios.

Maybe yours was, albeit it sounds strange because hourly it doesn't even happen in intensive maternity-unity cares where there's a high risk for the child's health.