Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

A practice brief contributed by AWHONN that recommends guidelines for oxytocin administration after birth. The implementation of guidance is to manage patients who experience postpartum hemorrhage. It shares instruction for the dosing and administration of oxytocin, management of the third stage of labor, and suggested equipment use.

Here is an explanation of recommendations to promote breastfeeding for women who receive treatment for opioid use disorders. It discusses the magnitude of the problem relative to national rates and trends of opioid use with pregnancy. It also presents the risk for neonatal abstinence syndrome associated with opiate withdrawal. Read the attached for management, guidelines and considerations linked to breastfeeding and opioid use.

IHI is a leader in perinatal safety. Its work includes initiatives for better maternal outcomes. This network delivers education, improvement tools, public calls, articles and toolkits. It aims to connect hospitals and providers to improve outcomes to all. It is provided free to the public.

The Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Healthcare provides maternal patient safety bundles. Downloadable PDF, webinars and standardized recommendations are at hand to meet the goals of providing quality care to maternal patients.

This family planning program model has prepared three toolkits associated with maternal and child health. Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning Integration, Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Young Married Women and First-Time Parents, and Respectful Maternity Care. Education and training materials corresponding to the respective topic is unique to each toolkit.

This website contributes support concerning clinical guidance, practice management, patient education, advocacy and up-to-date news on women's health.

Acitve shooter events are increasing more and more across the U.S. and the experts have developed tools to help the lay person identify a potential active shooter as a risk reduction strategy.

Healthcare organizations should take the possiblity of an active shooter event occuring in their facility very seriously. These resources provide key tactics on managing violent and disruptive behavior as a risk reduction process.