The September 2011 NSQHS Standards were endorsed by Australian Health Ministers as the final version. The amendments required for the June 2011 version to be current are listed below.
Please note: the changes highlighted in red are changes made to specific items or actions within the NSQHS Standards.
Page Number / Change (underlined)Front cover / Date changed from ‘June 2011’ to ‘September 2011’
Inside cover / 1st sentence now reads ‘National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, September 2011’
Inside cover / Additional sentence inserted underneath 1st sentence: ‘Endorsed by Australian Health Ministers September 2011’
Inside cover / ISBN: 978-1-921983-04-07
Page 3 / Under subheading ‘National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards’ in the Blood and Blood Products description typo corrected ‘strategies’
Page 6 / Paragraph 3, dot point 4 now reads ‘participate in the review of performance procedures individually, or as part of a team.’
Page 12 / Capitalisations corrected. Under ‘Regular’, start of sentence 3, ‘I’ capitalised. Under ‘System’, start of first dot point, capital removed.
Page 26 / Description of Standard now reads: ‘Clinical leaders and senior managers of a health service organisation implement systems to prevent and manage healthcare associated infections and communicate these to the workforce to achieve appropriate outcomes.’
Page 27 / Paragraph 1, spelling error ‘closiridium’ amended
Page 34 / Under criterion ‘Communicating with patients and carers’ changed to ‘The clinical workforce informs patients about their options, risks and responsibilities for an agreed medication management plan.’
Page 36 / 4.4.1 now reads: ‘Medication incidents are regularly monitored, reported and investigated’
Page 37 / 4.7 now reads: ‘The clinical workforce documenting the patient’s previously known adverse drug reactions on initial presentation and updating this if an adverse reaction to a medicine occurs during the episode of care’
Page 38 / 4.10.2 now reads ‘Action is taken to reduce the risks associated with storage and distribution of medicines’
Page 41 / Paragraph 3, incorrect capital letter removed from ‘World Health Organization’
Page 57 / 8.6.1 now reads ‘Comprehensive skin inspections are undertaken and documented in the patient clinical record for patients at risk of pressure injuries’ (using an agreed assessment tool removed)
Page 60 / The note at the bottom of the page - # - now reads ‘This Standard does not apply to deterioration of a patient’s mental state.’
Page 61 / The note at the bottom of the page now reads ‘Note: This Standard does not apply to deterioration of a patient’s mental state.’
Page 63 / 9.3.1, dot point 2 now reads: ‘includes the capacity to record information about respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and level of consciousness graphically over time’
Page 72 / In table under Standard 3 – Day Procedure Developmental Actions column – duplication in action numbers removed (3.12.1)