Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards

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AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SAFETY AND QUALITY HEALTH SERVICE
STANDARDS
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Executive Summary
National Safety and Quality Health Services Standards are regarded as the parameter of the
health facility to the patients and their family. Every individual related to the health sector are
associated with these standards. Hospital authority, health workers, nurses, consumers and
stakeholders are included in this initiative by Australian jurisdiction and Health commission.
There are eight standard such as; “Clinical Standards”, “Partnering with Consumers”,
“Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection”, “Medication Safety”,
“Comprehensive Care”, “Communicating for the Safety”, “Blood Management”,
“Recognising, and Responding to Acute Deterioration”. Main purpose of these standards are
to provide superior quality health service with appropriate amount of safety to the patients.
The study aims to focus on the rationale of the standards and to understand how these
standards help Australian healthcare sector to enhance the quality of the facility. The report
focuses on the importance of clinical governance standard and the associated articles with
each standard with the reference of its importance in the workforce management. The report
also shows how “Partnering with Consumers” helps the patients to communicate with nurses
and the doctors. Nurses and the health workers manage to prevent the infections and
transmission of diseases among the patients and the standard called “Preventing and
Controlling Healthcare Associated Infections” evaluates their performance by an evidence-
based guidelines. “Comprehensive care standard” helps the health professionals to handle and
taking care of patients in an appropriate manner and prevent the damages related to patients’
health. Recognising and responding to the symptoms of the patients are the primary
responsibility of the health workers and standard eight explains all the responding systems
and the processes, which are maintained by the health workers and nurses. The study
concludes with a sense of affirmation that the Australian Safety and Quality Health Services
Standards are useful for patients and help the health workers to enhance the facility.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................4
Rationale of the Standards.....................................................................................................4
“Clinical Governance Standard”............................................................................................5
“Partnering with the consumers”...........................................................................................6
“Preventing and Controlling Healthcare Associated Infections”...........................................8
Comprehensive Care Standard...............................................................................................9
“Recognising and Responding the Acute Deterioration Standard”.....................................11
Conclusion................................................................................................................................12
References................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
The Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards
developed by the Commission of safety and Quality for Health Care by the concern of
Government of Australia, in association with Australian Jurisdiction, states and territorial
authorities, hospital authorities and the patient caregivers. The patients, private sectors
professionals, clinical experts were also in the association for implementation of the standard.
The standard aims to provide better treatment or service and to reduce healthcare-related
risks. The standards act as the quality and safety parameter for the patients and their families.
However, the health sector professionals consider the standards as the feedback mechanisms
as these standards evaluate every section of health facilities. The Commission on Safety and
Quality implements the standards as a vital part of Australian Health Service Safety and
Quality Accreditation Scheme. The accreditation and the health services are evaluated as per
the NSQHS standards (Ritchie et al., 2018). The standards ensure the quality of patient care
and the high-quality medical facilities to the patients and improvement mechanisms help in
medical service to analyse the reasonable and progressive goals.
The commission first implemented the standard by receiving 92 written submission in
November 2009. The commission published the second revised edition addressing the
significant gaps recognised in the first edition of the standards. The second edition has a more
precise and specific approach to the eight standards with 148 actions, whereas the first of the
standard contained ten standards with 256 actions. Eight standards of National Safety and
Quality Health Services contains; Clinical Standards, Partnering with Consumers,
Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection; Comprehensive Care ,
Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration Medication Safety, Blood Management,
Communicating for the Safety, . This report aims to evaluate and to understand the