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COMMENTARY

Waiting Too Long.

Rosen MA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. November 2003.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Maternity ward at Highland under fire from patients.

Vesely R. Inside Bay Area. December 28, 2006.

REVIEW

Simulation in obstetric anesthesia.

Pratt SD. Anesth Analg. 2012;114:186-190.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Lights. Camera. Robot Action!

Shute N. U.S. News & World Report. January 23, 2006;140:62-63.

COMMENTARY

Use of the common gas outlet for supplementary oxygen during Caesarean section.

Edsell ME, Erasmus PD. Anaesthesia. 2005;60:1152-1153.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion No. 447: patient safety in obstetrics and gynecology.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2009;114:1424-1427.

STUDY

Managing disruptive behaviors in the health care setting: focus on obstetrics services.

Rosenstein AH. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:187-192.

REVIEW

Sleep deprivation: implications for obstetric practice in the United States.

Clark SL. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009;201:136.e1-e4.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Nurse error spotlights drug's danger.

Greene L. St. Petersburg Times. June 15, 2006:A1.

REVIEW

Patient safety and medical liability: current status and an agenda for the future.

Abuhamad A, Grobman WA. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;116:570-577.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Human Factors in Anaesthesia and Critical Care.

Hardman JG, Moppett IK, eds. Br J Anaesth. 2010;105:1-83.

STUDY

Challenges faced in providing safe care in rural perinatal settings.

Jukkala AM, Kirby RS. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2009;34:365-371.

STUDY

Speaking across the drapes: communication strategies of anesthesiologists and obstetricians during a simulated maternal crisis.

Minehart RD, Pian-Smith MC, Walzer TB, et al. Simul Healthc. 2012;7:166-170.

STUDY

Major congenital malformations after first-trimester exposure to ACE inhibitors.

Cooper WO, Hernandez-Diaz S, Arbogast PG, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:2443-2451.

STUDY

Interdisciplinary team training identifies discrepancies in institutional policies and practices.

Andreatta P, Frankel J, Smith SB, Bullough A, Marzano D. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;205:298-230.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

In just a flash, simple surgery can turn deadly.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal. February 18, 2009:D1.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety and Quality.

Lyndon A, Simpson KR, Bakewell-Sachs S, eds. J Perinat Neonat Nurs. 2010;24:1-89.

COMMENTARY classic

Shaping systems for better behavioral choices: lessons learned from a fatal medication error.

Smetzer J, Baker C, Byrne FD, Cohen MR. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:152-163, 1AP-2AP.

COMMENTARY

Anesthesia machine as a cause of intraoperative "code red" in the labor and delivery suite.

Kuczkowski KM. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2008;278:477-478.

REVIEW

Teamwork in obstetric critical care.

Guise JM, Segel S. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2008;22:937-951.

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