ACOG committee opinion: patient safety in obstetrics and gynecology. Number 286, October 2003: Committee on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.
Emphasis on patient safety has increased in the past few years mostly in response to the Institute of Medicine report To Err Is Human:Building a Safer Health System. Obstetrician-gynecologists should incorporate elements of patient safety into their practices and also encourage others to use these practices.
D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000592:standards*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*