Doc type: Policy Directive
Compliance with this policy directive is mandatory.
Doc No.: PD2008_055
Functional Group - Sub Group:
Clinical/ Patient Services - Critical care
Clinical/ Patient Services - Medical Treatment
Summary
Cardiac monitoring is a routine activity which is carried out in hospitals throughout NSW. Over time, individual hospitals have develolped a range of protocols and standards for cardiac monitoring which has resulted in variance in practice between hospitals and between Area Health Services. This Policy has been developed using the available evidence and in consultation with cardiac nurses and cardiologists in both rural and metropolitan areas, cardiothoracic surgeons, the Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce Cardiac Network, consumer representatives, the NSW Health Statewide Cardiology Project team and the Ambulance Service of NSW, to assist clinicians to provide best practice in the management of adult cardiac patients who require cardiac monitoring.
Date of Publication: 25 September 2008
Replaces: N/A
Author Branch: Health Service Performance Improvement Branch
This document applies to: Area Health Services/Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation, Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations, Public Hospitals
Audience: All staff
Distributed to: Public Health System, Government Medical Officers, Health Professional Associations and Related Organisations, NSW Ambulance Service , NSW Department of Health, Public Health Units, Public Hospitals, Tertiary Education Institutes
Review Date: 25 September 2013
Policy Manual: Not applicable
File No: 08/6221
Status: Active
File link: Cardiac Monitoring in Adult Cardiac Patients in Public Hospitals in NSW
File size: 132Kb
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