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NSQHS 5 Comprehensive

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To focus care on patients' needs, and determine the most appropriate model of care for the patient, it is important that health services identify and assess patients' risk of harm.

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The National safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards identify a number of risks in the Comprehensive Care Standard.

The risks in the NSQHS Standards include cognitive, behavioural, mental and physiological such as:

  • Preventing and managing pressure injuries
  • Preventing falls and harm from falls
  • Nutrition and hydration
  • Preventing delirium and managing cognitive impairment
  • Predicting, preventing and managing self-harm and suicide
  • Predicting, preventing and managing aggression and violence
  • Minimising restrictive practices including restraint and seclusion
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