Development of a tailored strategy to improve postpartum hemorrhage guideline adherence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the introduction of evidence based guidelines and practical courses, the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage shows an increasing trend in developed countries. Substandard care is often found, which implies an inadequate implementation in high resource countries. We aimed to reduce the gap between evidence-based guidelines and clinical application, by developing a strategy, tailored to current barriers for implementation.

Methods

The development of the implementation strategy consisted of three phases, supervised by a multidisciplinary expert panel. In the first phase a framework of the strategy was created, based on barriers to optimal adherence identified among professionals and patients together with evidence on effectiveness of strategies found in litera

SUBMITTER: de Visser SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5806456 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature