What Can TeamSTEPPS Do for Us?

Labor and Delivery Units¹

After implementation of multiple teamwork strategies and tools:

- A 50% reduction in the Weighted Adverse Outcome Score (WAOS). The WAOS describes the adverse event score per delivery.

- A 50% decrease in the Severity Index, which measures the average severity of each delivery with an adverse event.

Intensive Care Units (ICU)²

After implementation of a "Patient Daily Goals" form to facilitate staff communication:

• A 50% decrease in mean ICU length of stay from 2.2 days to 1.1 days.
  
  
  

1. Mann, S, Marcus, R, Sachs, B. Lessons from the cockpit: How team training can reduce errors on L&D (Grand Rounds) Contemporary OB/Gyn v51 i1:34(8), January 2006.
2. Pronovost, P, Berenholtz, S, Dorman, T, Lipsett, PA., Simmonds, T, Haraden, C. Improving communication in the ICU using daily goals. J Cri Care 18(2):71-5, Jun 2003.

Slide Notes:

This slide presents additional evidence of significant improvements that result from adopting teamwork strategies.

1. Mann, S, Marcus, R, Sachs, B. Lessons from the cockpit: How team training can reduce errors on L&D (Grand Rounds) Contemporary OB/Gyn v51 i1:34(8), January 2006.
2. Pronovost, P, Berenholtz, S, Dorman, T, Lipsett, PA., Simmonds, T, Haraden, C. Improving communication in the ICU using daily goals. J Cri Care 18(2):71-5, Jun 2003.