National Partnership for Maternal Safety: Consensus Bundle on Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births-Supporting Intended Vaginal Births.

Cesarean births and associated morbidity and mortality have reached near epidemic proportions. The National Partnership for Maternal Safety under the guidance of the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care responded by developing a patient safety bundle to reduce the number of primary cesarean births. Safety bundles outline critical practices to implement in every maternity unit.

National Partnership for Maternal Safety: Consensus Bundle on Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births- Supporting Intended Vaginal Births.

Cesarean births and associated morbidity and mortality have reached near epidemic proportions. The National Partnership for Maternal Safety under the guidance of the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care responded by developing a patient safety bundle to reduce the number of primary cesarean births. Safety bundles outline critical practices to implement in every maternity unit.

National Partnership for Maternal Safety: Consensus Bundle on Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births-Supporting Intended Vaginal Births.

Cesarean births and associated morbidity and mortality have reached near epidemic proportions. The National Partnership for Maternal Safety under the guidance of the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care responded by developing a patient safety bundle to reduce the number of primary cesarean births. Safety bundles outline critical practices to implement in every maternity unit.

Bakri balloon effectiveness for postpartum hemorrhage: a "real world experience".

Introduction: The Bakri balloon has been advocated for management of obstetric hemorrhage, based on several small studies (2-16 patients) where it was over 90% effective.

Objective: To estimate the effectiveness of the Bakri balloon for treating postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in clinical practice at academic institutions.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study evaluating efficacy of Bakri balloon use in 35 women with PPH, performed as a chart review.

Collaboration between obstetricians and neonatalogists: perinatal safety programs and improved clinical outcomes.

Although collaboration between obstetricians and neonatologists may seem an obvious way to provide the best quality care to infants and their mothers, this has not always occurred. This article highlights the experiences of several recently published efforts demonstrating how coordinated care resulted in improved clinical outcomes.

Reduction of elective inductions in a large community hospital.

Objective: Our goal was to lower unplanned primary cesarean deliveries by reducing elective inductions.

Study Design: To implement and sustain an induction management program, a committee of care providers reviewed induction rates. "Elective" and other categories were defined.