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GRANT RECIPIENT

Improving Patient Safety Through Simulation Research.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2008.

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.

COMMENTARY

Slippery Slide into Life

Halamek LP. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2005.

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.

REVIEW

Teamwork in obstetric critical care.

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

COMMENTARY

Patient safety in women's health-care: professional colleges can make a difference. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada MORE(OB) program.

Milne JK, Lalonde AB. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;21:565-579.

COMMENTARY

Waiting Too Long.

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

STUDY

Variation in 17 obstetric care pathways: potential danger for health professionals and patient safety?

Sarrechia M, Van Gerven E, Hermans L, et al. J Adv Nurs. 2013;69:278-285.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Medical errors and safety systems.

Pearlman MD, ed. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2010;53:471-585.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Obstetric Quality and Safety.

J Healthc Qual. 2009;31:3-52.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Maternity ward at Highland under fire from patients.

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

STUDY

More to teamwork than knowledge, skill and attitude.

Siassakos D, Draycott TJ, Crofts JF, Hunt LP, Winter C, Fox R. BJOG. 2010;117:1262-1269.

COMMENTARY

The quality 'journey' at Ascension Health: how we've prevented at least 1,500 avoidable deaths a year—and aim to do even better.

Pryor D, Hendrich A, Henkel RJ, Beckmann JK, Tersigni AR. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:604-611.

REVIEW

The active components of effective training in obstetric emergencies.

Siassakos D, Crofts J, Winter C, Weiner C, Draycott T. BJOG. 2009;116:1028-1032.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The day Joy died.

Brandeland GP. Med Econ. 2006 Oct 20;83:50, 52-53.

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.

STUDY

Mobile in situ obstetric emergency simulation and teamwork training to improve maternal–fetal safety in hospitals.

Guise J, Lowe NK, Deering S, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:443-453:AP1-AP2.

STUDY

Development and usability of a behavioural marking system for performance assessment of obstetrical teams.

Tregunno D, Pittini R, Haley M, Morgan PJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:393-396.

REVIEW

Simulation in obstetric anesthesia.

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

REVIEW

Multidisciplinary team training in a simulation setting for acute obstetric emergencies: a systematic review.

Merién AER, van de Ven J, Mol BW, Houterman S, Oei SG. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;115:1021-1031.

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