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REVIEW

Teamwork in obstetric critical care.

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

STUDY

Multidisciplinary obstetric simulated emergency scenarios (MOSES): promoting patient safety in obstetrics with teamwork-focused interprofessional simulations.

Freeth D, Ayida G, Berridge EJ, et al. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2009;29:98-104.

STUDY

Content analysis of team communication in an obstetric emergency scenario.

Siassakos D, Draycott T, Montague I, Harris M. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2009;29:499-503.

COMMENTARY

Failure to Latch

Rodriguez M., Mannel R., Frye D. MN AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

STUDY

Impact of CRM-based team training on obstetric outcomes and clinicians' patient safety attitudes.

Pratt SD, Mann S, Salisbury M, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:720-725.

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.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

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.

GRANT RECIPIENT

Improving Patient Safety Through Simulation Research.

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

STUDY

Women's safety alerts in maternity care: is speaking up enough?

Rance S, McCourt C, Rayment J, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:348-355.

STUDY

Supporting patient safety: examining communication within delivery suite teams through contrasting approaches to research observation.

Berridge EJ, Mackintosh NJ, Freeth DS. Midwifery. 2010;26:512-519.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety and adverse maternal health outcomes: the missing social inequalities 'lens.'

Murray SF, Bacchus L. BJOG. 2005;112:1339-1343.

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.

COMMENTARY

Sick and Pregnant

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

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.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Medical errors and safety systems.

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

COMMENTARY

Not a Miscarriage.

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

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Obstetric Quality and Safety.

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

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

System errors in intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring: a case review.

Miller LA. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005;50:507-516.

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