The hospital, which houses a level 3 neonatal intensive care unit, is participating in two initiatives to help lower postpartum hemorrhage rates:
- The Georgia Perinatal Quality Collaborative
- The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Postpartum Hemorrhage Project
In the second quarter of 2018, 6.7 percent of GMC patients who experienced postpartum hemorrhaging had a severe maternal morbidity event, which fell to 5.8 percent in the third quarter of 2018.
For reference, 24.2 percent of women at other hospitals with level 3 NICUs participating in the Georgia Perinatal Quality Collaborative experienced a maternal morbidity event after a postpartum hemorrhage.
“In-house drills, assessments of processes and procedures and collaboration have been key,” Veritta Henderson, RN, a perinatal practice specialist at GMC, told the Gwinnett Daily Post. “Furthermore, leadership and medical providers are extremely open to new findings and supportive of a team approach.”
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