Obstetrical safety indicators for preventing hospital harms in low risk births: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Optimising the safety of obstetric patient care is a primary concern for many hospitals. Performance indicators measuring aspects of patient care processes can lead to improvements in health systems and the prevention of harm to the patient. We present our protocol for a scoping review to identify indicators for obstetric safety in low risk births. We aim to identify indicators addressing preventable hospital harms, to summarise the data and synthesise results.

Methods and analysis

We will use methods described by Arksey and O'Malley and further expanded by Levac et al. We will search electronic databases such as Medline, Embase, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library, and websites from professional bodies and other organisations, using an iterative search strat

SUBMITTER: Conway A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7200041 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature