SMFM Patient Safety and Quality Resources
The regular use of checklists—standardized, validated, evidence- or consensus-based processes—promotes consistency in obstetrical care and contributes to provide safe, efficient, high-quality patient care. The SMFM Patient Safety and Quality Committee encourages our members to incorporate the checklists below into their clinical practice to help improve the safety dynamics of their hospital.
Checklists:
- Amniotic Fluid Embolism, Initial Management (January 2021)
- Amniocentesis or Chorionic Villous Sampling (July 2018)
- Diabetes Mellitus, Pregestational, Antepartum Care (November 2020)
- HIV, Pregnancy Management (November 2020)
- Hypertensive Disorders, Postpartum Discharge (October 2020)
- Maternal Transport Briefing Form and Checklist (November 2020)
- Operative Vaginal Delivery (May 2020)
- Placenta Accreta Spectrum, Unexpected (September 2018)
- Placenta Accreta Spectrum, Suspected, Planning Form (September 2018)
- Preeclampsia, Low-Dose Aspirin, Risk-Factor Screening (September 2020)
- Thromboembolism Prophylaxis, Post-Cesarean (October 2020)
- Twin Pregnancy, Monochorionic (November 2020)
Reviews and Special Reports:
- SMFM Patient Safety Guideline: Reducing the Risk of Transmitting Infection by Transvaginal Ultrasound Examination (September 2020)
- SMFM Special Statement: Who’s Who in Patient Safety and Quality for Maternal Health Care in the United States (July 2020)
- SMFM Special Statement: Proposed Quality Metrics to Assess Accuracy of Prenatal Detection of Congenital Heart Defects (February 2020)
- SMFM Special Report: The Development and Implementation of Checklists in Obstetrics (May 2017)
- SMFM Special Report: Current Approaches to Measuring Quality of Care in Obstetrics (July 2016)
- Obstetric Safety and Quality (July 2015)