Establishing and Maintaining a Quality and Safety Program on Labor and Delivery.

There is no single framework for a successful obstetric patient safety program. However, there are ample resources for the important components needed to create a patient safety program. All labor and delivery units should formulate their own quality and safety program that is individualized to the patients and staff that they serve. Here we will lay out the infrastructure as has been supported by the literature and reinforced in our experience.