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The Obstetric Bleeding Strategy (OBS) care bundle for PPH management was adopted into Welsh national guidelines in 2019 (as OBS Cymru), and is currently being implemented across 36 sites in the rest of the UK through the OBS UK stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial. We conducted a qualitative evaluation of the OBS care bundle five years after its adoption to inform plans for optimising its implementation across the UK.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted ethnographic observations, informal conversations and qualitative interviews with multidisciplinary teams (MDT) in four maternity units in Wales. Data were analysed thematically and using Normalisation Process Theory.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The OBS Cymru protocol was used daily and MDT members believe it improves the quality and safety of PPH management. The paper proforma supporting OBS Cymru was the \u2018boundary object\u2019 that kept the care bundle in view while clarifying individualised roles across the MDT during a PPH and prompting improved and continuous communication as bleeding progressed. The standardisation of processes through the care bundle was seen as enabling all staff with an overall knowledge of PPH care, while situating the prominence of their particular roles within a greater whole. Enacting the bundle in practice varied slightly across different settings, according to staffing structures (e.g., in delivery rooms versus theatre births) and caseload, and some residual tensions remained regarding expectations from different staff members and levels of support provided regarding OBS Cymru.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Despite some small-scale variations, OBS care bundle has become normalised as standard PPH care in Wales. 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