Question

The national safety and quality health safety (NSQHS) standards are being applied across a wide variety of health care services in all states in Australia.Describe the application of these standards in 40 to 60 words.

Answer 1

Application of national safety and quality health safety :-

- standard 1 clinical governance

Describes the clinical governance, and safety and quality systems that are required to maintain and improve the reliability, safety and quality of health care, and improve health outcomes for patients.

- standard 2 partnering with consumers

Describes the systems and strategies to create a person-centred health system by including patients in shared decision making, to ensure that patients are partners in their own care, and that consumers are involved in the development and design of quality health care.

- standard 3 preventing and controlling healthcare- associated infection

Describes the systems and strategies to prevent infection, to manage infections effectively when they occur, and to limit the development of antimicrobial resistance through prudent use of antimicrobials, as part of effective antimicrobial stewardship.

- standard 4 medication safety

Describes the systems and strategies to ensure that clinicians safely prescribe, dispense and administer appropriate medicines to informed patients, and monitor use of the medicines.

- standard 5 comprehensive care

Describes the integrated screening, assessment and risk identification processes for developing an individualised care plan, to prevent and minimise the risks of harm in identified areas.

- standard 6 communicating for safety

Describes the systems and strategies for effective communication between patients, carers and families, multidisciplinary teams and clinicians, and across the health service organisation

- standard 7 blood management

Describes the systems and strategies for the safe, appropriate, efficient and effective care of patients' own blood, as well as other supplies of blood and blood products.

- standard 8 recognising and responding to acute deterioration

Describes the systems and processes to respond effectively to patients when their physical, mental or cognitive condition deteriorates.