May 2023 - Foresight Newsletter

MAY 2023

EDITION 25

NSLHD CLINICAL AUDIT SCHEDULE

The NSLHD Clinical Audit Schedule has been developed for all sites and services within NSLHD to support the monitoring and evaluation of clinical care processes and to provide support for clinical quality improvement activities across NSLHD. Download the complete 2022-23 NSLHD Clinical Audit Schedule. Note: The Schedule is divided into three categories (NSLHD acute, sub-acute, MHDA and PACH). Visit the clinical audit intranet page for more information. Clinical audits required to be completed this month are listed below.

May 2023 QARS Audits (entry links)

NSLHD_1_Maternity_Safe Sleeping for Babies (HKH Maternity | RNS Maternity) NSW MRN 01.16 Maternity Continuum Documentation (HKH Maternity | RNS Maternity)

St 1

NSLHD_03_Peripheral Intravenous Cannula (PIVC) Insertion and Management

St 3

NSLHD_4_Monthly Accountable Drug (S4D_S8) Register Audit (RNSH | HKH | Ryde | MVH | MHDA) NSLHD_06_Clinical Handover -all Clinical Disciplines NSLHD_06_Handover Nursing Shift to Shift (RNSH | HKH | Ryde | MVH)

St 4

St 6

NSLHD Patient Blood Management Audits (Perioperative)

St 7

NLSHD_08_Monthly inspection for resuscitation trolley/ Resuscitaire equipment checklists (RNSH | HKH | Ryde | MV | MHDA | PACH-HITH)

St 8

POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES New, updated and recently published district-wide PPGs. Click on the links below to download documents from the Prompt document system. Refer to the NSLHD weekly bulletin in your inbox to access the most up-to-date list of PPGs

Central Venous Access Device (CVAD)_Guideline (updated) Management of Health Care Records- NSLHD_Policy (updated)

Cognitive Impairment – Care of Adults in Hospital – NSLHD_Guideline (updated) Management of Infection Risk to Patients from Animal Visitations_Procedure (updated)

Complaints - Management of Patient/Consumer/Carer/Family Complaints NSLHD_Procedure (updated) Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) Infection Prevention and Control Management - NSLHD_Guideline (updated)

SAFETY ALERTS New, updated and recently published

Safety Alert (SA) - Requires immediate attention and action Safety Notice (SN) - Requires risk assessment at the district level Safety Information (SI) - Ensuring that lessons learned from state-wide, national or international sources are shared actively across NSW health system Updated: Cannabis (THC) lollies and risk to children - issued 4 May 2023 ( available on NSW Health intranet only) Updated: Illicit cocaine containing high levels of lidocaine (lignocaine) - issued 4 May 2023 Updated: Disruption to supply: Heparin sodium (Pfizer®) 5000 units/5 mL injection ampoule - re-issued 29 April 2023

Medication Safety Updates including medication shortages are available on the CEC website.

For more information, contact: NSLHD-SafetyAlert@health.nsw.gov.au

LESSONS FOR LEARNING Did you know that the Clinical Excellence Commission(CEC) shares findings from serious incidents that have occurred across NSW to aid in reducing preventable risk of a similar event occurring to another patient? Click below for the latest lessons for learning from the CEC COVID-19 IPAC Fundamentals - April 2023 Access past lessons from the lessons learned intranet page. Clinical Governance Standard

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