title: National Partnership for Maternal Safety Consensus Bundle on Obstetric Hemorrhage.
abstract: Hemorrhage is the most frequent cause of severe maternal morbidity and preventable maternal mortality and therefore is an ideal topic for the initial national maternity patient safety bundle. These safety bundles outline critical clinical practices that should be implemented in every maternity unit. They are developed by multidisciplinary work groups of the National Partnership for Maternal Safety under the guidance of the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care. The safety bundle is organized into 4 domains: Readiness, Recognition and Prevention, Response, and Reporting and Systems Learning. Although the bundle components may be adapted to meet the resources available in individual facilities, standardization within an institution is strongly encouraged. References contain sample resources and "Potential Best Practices" to assist with implementation.
authors.forename: Elliott K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Main
authors.forename: Dena
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goffman
authors.forename: Barbara M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Scavone
authors.forename: Lisa Kane
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bingham
authors.forename: Patricia L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Fontaine
authors.forename: Jed B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gorlin
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Lagrew
authors.forename: Barbara S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D061214:Patient Safety; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: obstetric emergency; patient care bundles; patient safety; postpartum hemorrhage