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ArticlePregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.)2025

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Tools for patient safety and quality case review and response: Obstetric sepsis.

Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Rebecca F Hamm, Niraj R Chavan, Nicolina Smith, Jessica Ehrig, SMFM Patient Safety and Quality Committee

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Article in Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
Rebecca F HammThe Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Washington District of Columbia USA.
Niraj R ChavanThe Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Washington District of Columbia USA.
Nicolina SmithThe Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Washington District of Columbia USA.
Jessica EhrigThe Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Washington District of Columbia USA.
SMFM Patient Safety and Quality Committee

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis-related obstetric morbidity has significant consequences and can be a precursor to maternal mortality. Diagnosing and managing obstetric sepsis is uniquely challenging but a critical target for improving maternal outcomes. This document provides considerations and tools for breaking down a case of obstetric sepsis at the clinical unit level. In addition, this document outlines special issues with performing quality improvement projects as they relate to obstetric sepsis: (1) encouraging frontline implementers to consider the wide array of stakeholders involved in sepsis cases, (2) how to harness the electronic health record for enhancing care delivery, (3) challenges around common sepsis-related metrics, (4) considerations around locations and transitions in obstetric sepsis care, and (5) considerations for ensuring equity in sepsis-related projects.

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implementationmaternal morbiditymaternal mortalityobstetric sepsispatient safetyquality improvementsepsistime zero

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PMID42597193
PMCPMC13344734

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