title: Building Comprehensive Strategies for Obstetric Safety: Simulation Drills and Communication.
abstract: As pioneers in the field of patient safety, anesthesiologists are uniquely suited to help develop and implement safety strategies to minimize preventable harm on the labor and delivery unit. Most existing obstetric safety strategies are not comprehensive, lack input from anesthesiologists, are designed with a relatively narrow focus, or lack implementation details to allow customization for different units. This article attempts to address these gaps and build more comprehensive strategies by discussing the available evidence and multidisciplinary authors' local experience with obstetric simulation drills and optimization of team communication.
authors.affiliation: From the *Departments of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and †Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; ‡Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, California; and §the Risk Authority, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Naola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldhaber-Fiebert
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arafeh
authors.forename: Veronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grenon
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Welle
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lipman
mesh_terms: D000072080:Anesthesiologists; D003142:Communication; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D000066908:Simulation Training / Q000379:methods*