Guidance for clinicians on the seven quality statements from the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard, as well as helpful resources.
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Indicators have been developed to support monitoring of the care recommended in the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard. Clinicians and healthcare services can use the indicators to support local quality improvement activities.
A patient with suspected sepsis has blood cultures taken immediately, ensuring that this does not delay the administration of appropriate antimicrobial therapy. When signs of infection-related organ dysfunction are present, appropriate antimicrobials are started within 60 minutes. Antimicrobial therapy is managed in line with the Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard, including a review within 48 hours from the first dose.
A number of related resources have been identified which are relevant to the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard.
Resources to support implementation by healthcare services and clinicians including guidance and information, tools, templates, consumer resources, implementation case studies and podcasts.
Planning for appropriate analgesic use at the transfer of care begins when a patient is started on an opioid analgesic during their hospital visit, according to an agreed opioid analgesic weaning and cessation protocol. The number of days’ supply of an opioid analgesic on discharge is based on multiple factors, including the expected course of the patient’s condition, appropriate arrangements for follow-up and opioid analgesic use in the last 24 hours before discharge.
The nonpharmacological and pharmacological options for managing acute pain are discussed with a patient and their carer in a way that they can understand, and that leads to a shared understanding of the decision to use an opioid analgesic or other treatment(s).
The Australian Hospital Patient Experience Question Set has been translated into 20 languages, and is available in easy English, large print and braille.
Guidance for clinicians on the nine quality statements from the Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard, as well as helpful resources.
Information for health service organisations to guide care and monitor improvement using the clinical care standard - and resources to support implementation.
Not all actions within the Primary and Community Healthcare Standards will be applicable to every primary and community healthcare service.
Healthcare services implement systems and processes to maximise safe, high-quality care and minimise clinical safety risks.