Obstetric hemorrhage is an emergency situation in which clinicians can make errors that cause women to suffer preventable maternal morbidity and mortality. Scrutinizing commonly occurring obstetric hemorrhage-related practice errors by applying the generic errors modeling system, a research-based framework, to quality improvement efforts facilitates the identification of error specific reduction strategies. The common types of errors are skill-based, rule-based, and knowledge-based active and latent errors.
© 2012 AWHONN, the Association of Women's Health, Obsteric and Neonatal Nurses.