Quality & Safety
Welcome to the NSW
Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Program website of the NSW Department of Health Quality and Safety Branch. The Program was announced by the Minister for Health in 2004 to provide a framework for significant improvements to clinical quality and patient safety in the NSW public health system. This website aims to keep you informed of a number of important initiatives managed by the Branch. The website is under review – so tell us what you would like to see or hear about – email us at quality@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
Incident Management in the NSW Public Health System
Six-monthly Report Series:- July - December 2007:
The Clinical Excellence Commission is pleased to release Incident Management in the NSW Public Health System 2007, July to December. This report follows on from the previous annual series on adverse events in the NSW health system. Additional reports will be issued every six months and will be available as a matter of course on the CEC's website. The adverse events report series is part of the ongoing collaboration between the Clinical Excellence Commission and the Quality and Safety Branch of the NSW Department of Health.
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4th June 2008 – Latest safety notification
SN:009/08 TGA Recalls
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/quality/sabs/index.html
Quality & Safety Branch – Open Disclosure Training and Education NOW AVAILABLE!
The Open Disclosure Training and Education site provides useful presentation modules on open disclosure which are ideal for group training and as part of orientation sessions for new starters. Each presentation comes with a Facilitator’s Manual.
Edition 3 of the Open Disclosure e-Newsletter is now available click here
Quality & Safety Branch – e-Journals available via CIAP
If you work in the NSW public health system, you have free full text access to a number of excellent journals hosted by the Quality and Safety Branch available on CIAP.
These are:
- Clinical Governance
- Health Education
- International Journal for Quality in Health Care
- International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
- Journal of Health Organisation & Management
- Leadership in Health Services
- Nutrition & Food Science
- Quality & Safety in Health Care
May 2008 – Announcing New Infection Control Journals!
Journal of Hospital Infection
Includes articles in the field of hospital-acquired infection and related subjects and puts you in contact with the latest concepts and practices in hospital infection control.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Included peer-reviewed scientific articles for anyone involved with an infection control or epidemiology program with a hospital or health care facility. ICHE publishes research on control and evaluation of the transmission of pathogens in healthcare institutions and on the use of epidemiological principles and methods to evaluate and improve the
delivery of care.
Register Now! Next event – AAQHC conference, Christchurch, New Zealand
1-3 September 2008
6th Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care: "Bold Aims - Bold Outcomes", Christchurch Convention Centre.Visit the conference website for more details.