Quality & Safety
Innovations targeted at quality and safety in care delivery once a patient is under care.
Quality & Safety subheadings are:
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Clinical Management
Initiatives to ensure quality and safety in clinical management, eg correct site surgery, right patient right procedure, clinical handover, etc.
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Falls Prevention
Programs to identify patients at risk of falls and to reduce the risk of falls, as wella s community programs to help reduce risk of falls outside of health services.
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Infection Control
Programs to reduce the incidence of infections in health care settings; and to manage the care of patients with nosocomial, antimicrobial resistant, high risk, emerging and re-emerging infections.
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Medications / Pharmacy
Improving medication safety, prescribing, dosing, therapeutic monitoring, medication histories, roles of pharmacies/pharmacists in health services.
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Wound Management
Best practice wound management, including reducing and treating pressure sores.
