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Intention of this standard

To implement a clinical and technical governance framework that ensures service users and their support people receive safe and high-quality care.

This is one of three standards in the NSQDMH Standards.

2020
Publication, report or update

This report provides an update on data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period 1 July 2020 to 31 August 2020, and complements previous analyses of and updates on CARAlert data. The data update provides information to support prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance.

Purpose

To ensure that all alternative routes of administration are considered and excluded before using the intravenous route.

2020
Newsletter

This issue includes items on COVID-19, opioid stewardship, the draft Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard, person-centred team-based care, electronic health records, diagnostic performance, weekend admissions, paediatric adverse events, and more.

Also covered: the latest issue of Health Affairs, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health and the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR and the USA’s ARHQ.

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