title: Perinatal patient safety and quality.
abstract: The leadership team and clinicians in hospitals and healthcare system must focus on perinatal safety and quality to minimize risk of preventable harm to mothers and infants. A review of current issues in perinatal patient safety and quality is presented.
authors.affiliation: St John's Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, MO, USA. KRSimpson@prodigy.net
authors.forename: Kathleen Rice
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States