Guideline
CRICO OB Guidelines: Contents
The 2026 revisions to the Clinical Guidelines for Obstetrical Services at CRICO-insured Institutions were guided by a multi-disciplinary group of clinicians, including obstetricians, nurse leaders, nurse midwives, and anesthesiologists from several CRICO-insured institutions. The clinical chiefs of the obstetrical departments of the CRICO-insured institutions have approved the current version of these guidelines.
Contents of the Obstetrical Guidelines
- What’s New in the 2026 Version
- CRICO Obstetrical Care Guidelines Committee
The advisory committee brought together experts across institutions. - OB Guidelines Overview
Learn the background and purpose of these guidelines. - Web-based Guideline Listing
View the information by individual guidelines on a guideline-by-guideline basis. - Sample Obstetrical Consent Forms
This page contains links to each appendix of sample consent forms as well as a printable PDF of all the appendixes as one. - Obstetrical Patient Safety Program test (updated annually around January)
Click the link to access the CRICO LMS system which will lead you to the test with the appropriate certificate for your role.
Also see the CRICO Informed Consent FAQs.
CRICO Obstetrical Care Guidelines Committee
| Alda Aldoni, MD, BILH Alexy Kochowiec, MD, Salem Alisa Goldberg, MD, BWH Blair Wylie, MD, BILH Brett Young, MD, BILH Carolina Bibbo, MD, BWH Carrie Siefken, RN, Salem Caryn Dutton, MD, BILH Chloe Zera, MD, BILH Dan Pesch, MD, MVH Daniel Katz, MD, NWH DeWayne Pursley, MD, BILH Edward Patton, MD, CDH Hannah Tremont, MPH, CRICO Jane Connor, RN, Atrius Jeffery Ecker, MD, MGH Joel Heller, MD, Salem Hospital Jonathan Hecht, MD, BIDMC Julie Higden, DNP, CRICO Julie Mann, CNM, MAH Karen Manganaro, RN, BWH Katherine Pocius, MD, MGH Kevin Fitzpatrick, MD, Atrius |
Leslie MacDonald, MD, MAH Lisa Cavallaro, RN, Salem Lisa Dunn Albanese, MD, BWH Lisa Leffert, MD, MGH Maria Smyth, RN, MAH Mary Boyd, MD, Beverly Mary Collari, CNM, Salem Mary Gosney, CNM, Atrius Margaret Koehm, MD, NCH Mimi Pomerleau, DNP, BWH Munish Gupta, MD, BILH Nicole Smith, MD, BWH Robert Barbieri, MD, BWH Russell Atkins, MD, BILH Sara Elmendorf, CRICO Sarah Little, MD, BWH Sarah Rae Easter, MD, BWH Susan Hernandez, MSN, MGH Tara Singh, MD, CHA Thomas Beatty, MD, NWH Tiffany Blake-Lamb, MD, NCH Toni Golen, RN, BIDMC William Barth, MD, MGH |
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Neonatal Encephalopathy Guidelines
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General Informed Consent Guidelines
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A document to assist institutions in reviewing policies, procedures and forms relative to obtaining and documenting informed consent.
OB Guideline 15: Assessment and Monitoring in Labor and Delivery
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Obstetrics Guidelines Introduction
Guideline
The Clinical Guidelines for Obstetrical Services at CRICO-insured Institutions are intended to provide guidance for clinicians and to support the safest maternal and fetal outcomes for patients receiving care in CRICO-insured medical institutions.