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STUDY

Use of strategies from high-reliability organisations to the patient hand-off by resident physicians: practical implications.

Philibert I. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:261-266.

STUDY

The social dimensions of safety incident reporting in maternity care: the influence of working relationships and group processes.

Lindsay P, Sandall J, Humphrey C. Soc Sci Med. 2012;75:1793-1799.

STUDY

Adverse events detected by clinical surveillance on an obstetric service.

Forster AJ, Fung I, Caughey S, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2006;108:1073-1083.

STUDY

The introduction of a surgical safety checklist in a tertiary referral obstetric centre.

Kearns RJ, Uppal V, Bonner J, Robertson J, Daniel M, McGrady EM. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:818-822.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion #367: communication strategies for patient handoffs.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2007;109:1503-1505.

COMMENTARY

Embedding quality improvement and patient safety at Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust.

Scholefield H. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;21:593-607.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion #472: patient safety and the electronic health record.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;116:1245-1247.

COMMENTARY

Do Me a Favor.

Williamson A. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2004.

STUDY

Health-care professionals' views about safety in maternity services: a qualitative study.

Smith AHK, Dixon AL, Page LA. Midwifery. 2009;25:21-31.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety in obstetrics and gynecology: an agenda for the future.

Pearlman MD. Obstet Gynecol. 2006;108:1266-1271.

STUDY

Application of AHRQ patient safety indicators to English hospital data.

Bottle A, Aylin P. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:303-308.

COMMENTARY

Not a Miscarriage.

Learman LA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

STUDY

Influence of house-staff experience on teaching-hospital mortality: the "July Phenomenon" revisited.

van Walraven C, Jennings A, Wong J, Forster AJ. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:389-394.

STUDY

A national survey of obstetric anaesthetic handovers.

Sabir N, Yentis SM, Holdcroft A. Anaesthesia. 2006;61:376-380.

STUDY

Applying root cause analysis to improve patient safety: decreasing falls in postpartum women.

Chen KH, Chen LR, Su S. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:138-143.

STUDY

A national survey of safe practice with epidural analgesia in obstetric units.

Jones R, Swales HA, Lyons GR. Anaesthesia. 2008;63:516-519.

STUDY

Supporting structures for team situation awareness and decision making: insights from four delivery suites.

Mackintosh N, Berridge EJ, Freeth D. J Eval Clin Pract. 2009;15:46-54.

REVIEW

Overview of progress on patient safety.

Pronovost PJ, Holzmueller CG, Ennen CS, Fox HE. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:5-10.

COMMENTARY

Building a safety culture.

Milligan F, Dennis S. Nurs Stand. November 2005;20:48-52.

COMMENTARY

Sick and Pregnant

El-Ibiary S. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. November 2008.

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