Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Am J Perinatol. 2012 Jan;29(1):3-6. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1285828. Epub 2011 Aug 4.
Patient safety, defined as "the absence of the potential for, or the occurrence of, health care associated injury to the patient," is a part of the larger concept of health care quality. Achieving safe patient care has become an increasing focus of the obstetric community, in part due to the realization of the number of preventable adverse events that occur as well as the pressures of the professional liability climate. Studies of obstetric care have revealed that multiple factors contribute to the occurrence of adverse obstetric events, although communication is one factor that consistently has been found to prominently contribute to these events. The data that exist also suggest that although most women who give birth on a labor and delivery unit do so without a significant safety incident, a notable minority does experience an event that may compromise their ability to achieve an optimal outcome.
患者安全，定义为“不存在或发生与医疗保健相关的对患者的伤害的可能性”，是医疗保健质量这一更大概念的一部分。实现安全的患者护理已成为产科界日益关注的焦点，部分原因是认识到发生了许多可预防的不良事件，以及专业责任环境的压力。对产科护理的研究表明，发生不良产科事件有多个因素，尽管沟通是一致被发现对这些事件有显著影响的因素之一。现有的数据还表明，尽管大多数在分娩单位分娩的妇女都没有发生重大安全事件，但仍有相当一部分妇女经历了可能会影响她们实现最佳结果的事件。
