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Updated review of peer-reviewed and grey literature on mental state deterioration published since the completion of Recognising Signs of Deterioration in a Person's Mental State: Final Report.

This week’s issue includes items on central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), integrated care, nursing, genomic medicine, deteriorating patients, shared decision making, hip and knee surgery, and more.

Also covered are new issues of the Journal for Healthcare Quality, the Journal of Patient Experience and the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and latest from the UK’s NICE.

The clinician survey is part of the end-of-life care audit toolkit and is made up of 31 questions designed to be undertaken across four demographics; consultants, junior doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

This report details the process of testing the tools that helped form the end-of-life care audit toolkit.

The Consensus Statement describes 10 essential elements for the provision of end-of-life care in settings where acute care is provided.

This guide explains what the 10 elements for safe and high-quality end-of-life care mean for you as a patient, and for families, carers and consumers.

The purpose of this background paper was to present a précis of the policy and clinical framework for end-of-life care within the Australian acute healthcare setting and as interpreted by consumers, clinicians and policy makers in 2013.

Five track and trigger observation and response charts (ORCs) designed using human factors principles are available from the Commission.

Five track and trigger observation and response charts (ORCs) designed using human factors principles are available from the Commission.

National Consensus Statement: essential elements for recognising & responding to clinical deterioration

Small, rural and remote health services face particular challenges when implementing a recognition and response system. This fact sheet provides specific information and implementation strategies for such services.

This survey aims to provide acute care facilities with a tool for evaluating staff perceptions of the rapid response system.

Five track and trigger observation and response charts (ORCs) designed using human factors principles are available from the Commission.