TY - JOUR
T1 - Tackling Quality Improvement in the Delivery Room
AU - Lapcharoensap, Wannasiri
AU - Lee, Henry C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding source for this article: This project was supported by grant number P30HS023506 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Implementation of standardized practices in the delivery room fosters a safe environment to ensure that newborn infants are cared for optimally, whether or not they require extensive resuscitation. Quality improvement (QI) is an excellent methodology for implementation of standardized practices due to the multidisciplinary nature of the delivery room, complexity of tasks involved, and opportunities to track processes and outcomes. This article discusses how the delivery room is a unique environment and presents examples on how to approach delivery room QI. Key areas of potential focus for teams pursuing delivery QI include thermal regulation, optimizing respiratory support, and facilitating team communication.
AB - Implementation of standardized practices in the delivery room fosters a safe environment to ensure that newborn infants are cared for optimally, whether or not they require extensive resuscitation. Quality improvement (QI) is an excellent methodology for implementation of standardized practices due to the multidisciplinary nature of the delivery room, complexity of tasks involved, and opportunities to track processes and outcomes. This article discusses how the delivery room is a unique environment and presents examples on how to approach delivery room QI. Key areas of potential focus for teams pursuing delivery QI include thermal regulation, optimizing respiratory support, and facilitating team communication.
KW - Delivery room
KW - Labor and delivery
KW - Neonatal resuscitation
KW - Quality improvement
KW - Very-low-birth-weight infant
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clp.2017.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.clp.2017.05.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28802345
AN - SCOPUS:85024107469
VL - 44
SP - 663
EP - 681
JO - Clinics in Perinatology
JF - Clinics in Perinatology
SN - 0095-5108
IS - 3
ER -