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Implementing an obstetric emergency team response system: overcoming barriers and sustaining response dose.

November 4, 2015

Richardson MG, Domaradzki KA, McWeeney DT. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2015;41(11):514-521.

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This study describes the introduction of a rapid response system (RRS) on a high-risk obstetric unit at a large academic medical center. The number of RRS activations over the first 3 years has steadily increased, which the researchers consider a marker of successful RRS integration.

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