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STUDY

A comprehensive obstetrics patient safety program improves safety climate and culture.

Pettker CM, Thung SF, Raab CA, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:216.e1-e6.

STUDY

Didactic and simulation nontechnical skills team training to improve perinatal patient outcomes in a community hospital.

Riley W, Davis S, Miller K, Hansen H, Sainfort F, Sweet R. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:357-364.

STUDY

Effect of a comprehensive obstetric patient safety program on compensation payments and sentinel events.

Grunebaum A, Chervenak F, Skupski D. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:97-105.

COMMENTARY

Building team and technical competency for obstetric emergencies: the mobile obstetric emergencies simulator (MOES) system.

Deering S, Rosen MA, Salas E, King HB. Simul Healthc. 2009;4:166-173.

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.

COMMENTARY

Using in situ simulation to identify and resolve latent environmental threats to patient safety: case study involving a labor and delivery ward.

Hamman WR, Beaudin-Seiler BM, Beaubien JM, et al. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:184-187.

STUDY

Attitudes toward safety and teamwork in a maternity unit with embedded team training.

Siassakos D, Fox R, Hunt L, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26:132-137.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Achieving Strong Teamwork Practices in Hospital Labor and Delivery Units.

Farley DO, Sorbero ME, Lovejoy SL, Salisbury M. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation; 2010. ISBN: 9780833050557.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Medical errors and safety systems.

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

STUDY

Evaluating efforts to optimize TeamSTEPPS implementation in surgical and pediatric intensive care units.

Mayer CM, Cluff L, Lin WT, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:365-374.

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.

STUDY

Does teamwork improve performance in the operating room? A multilevel evaluation.

Weaver SJ, Rosen MA, DiazGranados D, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:133-142.

REVIEW

Teamwork in obstetric critical care.

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

STUDY

Speaking up and sharing information improves trainee neonatal resuscitations.

Katakam LI, Trickey AW, Thomas EJ. J Patient Saf. 2012;8:202-209.

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.

STUDY

A novel method for reproducibly measuring the effects of interventions to improve emotional climate, indices of team skills and communication, and threat to patient outcome in a high-volume thoracic surgery center.

Nurok M, Lipsitz S, Satwicz P, Kelly A, Frankel A. Arch Surg. 2010;145:489-495.

STUDY

The efficacy of medical team training: improved team performance and decreased operating room delays: a detailed analysis of 4863 cases.

Wolf FA, Way LW, Stewart L. Ann Surg. 2010;252:477-485.

STUDY

Communication failure in the operating room.

Halverson AL, Casey JT, Andersson J, et al. Surgery. 2011;49:305-310.

STUDY

Assessing teamwork attitudes in healthcare: development of the TeamSTEPPS teamwork attitudes questionnaire.

Baker DP, Amodeo AM, Krokos KJ, Slonim A, Herrera H. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e49.

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