Joseph is an an assistant professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
MMRC data highlight that preventing pregnancy-related infection deaths requires multilevel interventions spanning patient education, provider training, and system readiness, with the AIM obstetric sepsis bundle representing a practical framework while broader outcomes evidence remains limited.
Reducing pregnancy-related infection deaths will require interdisciplinary care protocols, expanded postpartum access points, and broad-based sepsis education across specialties, according to MMRC data showing that most decedents had a health care encounter within 1 week of death.
In a 29-state review of 2017–2019 data, 86.4% of pregnancy-related infection deaths were deemed preventable, with genital tract infections, group A streptococcus, and delays in antibiotics emerging as key targets for intervention.
