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Deadlines for maternal health drills, education at hand
Conduct your drills for maternal hemorrhage and maternal severe hypertension/preeclampsia by the end of 2021. Be sure they include a multidisciplinary team to debrief and evaluate how well you performed.
Staff education and orientation on procedures to handle those emergencies will be expected by January 2022.
Set to take effect in July 2020 but delayed six months by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Joint Commission (TJC) has signaled it is expecting hospitals to be caught up on their maternal health standards as surveys go forward.
The two Provision of Care standards, which together feature 13 elements of performance (EP), were prompted by national concerns about worsening maternal morbidity and mortality rates, especially among women of color or from at-risk population.
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