These guidelines are designed to ensure WACHS Information Communications Technology (ICT) have formally adopted procedures and guidance applicable to managing the physical security for the computer rooms that house our servers and related ICT and facilities equipment.
To maintain a safe and secure environment, the Busselton Health Campus (BHC) requires all its employees (permanent and casual) to wear photo identification at all times while on duty. All Official Visitors to the BHC must also wear an identification badge while on the premises of the BHC.
The aim of this policy is to: - ensure consistent minimum standards for WACHS clinicians with regard to identifying and responding to disclosures of family and domestic violence; - support early detection of clients at risk of family and domestic violence; - improve staff awareness of the possible indicators of family and domestic violence; - improve the safety of women and children; and - ensure compliance with S28b, Children and Community Services Act 2004.
Abuse of an older person is a violation of basic human rights and in addition abuse is likely to be inconsistent with other legal obligations. Every person has a right to live safely and without fear of abuse, neglect, violence or exploitation. Older adults can be at increased risk of abuse because of vulnerabilities in their physical or mental health, or their financial or social circumstances. The aim of this policy is to: - inform staff and volunteers how to identify an older person who may be at risk of, or experiencing abuse - educate all staff and volunteers on how to prevent or reduce the incidence of abuse of the older person - provide clear role expectations of staff and volunteers in how to respond to alleged abuse - ensure consistent minimum standards for WACHS senior clinicians and line managers with regard to responding to disclosures of alleged abuse of the older person - achieve an integrated and standardised approach to the management of abuse of the older person, while respecting the rights of older people to make their own decisions.
The purpose of this policy is to establish minimum practice accreditation standards and requirements for the care and management of Imaging throughout the WA Country Health Service (WACHS).
This policy applies to the WACHS hospitals which do not provide designated labour and birth services, and ensures that pregnant women who live in communities without hospitals which provide planned birthing services are referred to an appropriate level maternity service to book for labour and birth care. (For an editable Appendix 2 - see 'Related Documents/Forms' on the right hand side of this page.)
This CPS has been endorsed for use by WACHS and should be applied to the WACHS clinical practice context until it is transitioned completely to a WACHS CPS.
This procedure supports a key principle of The National Standards for Mental Health Service in that consumers are given the right to have nominated carer(s) involved in all aspects of their care.
This policy aims to support evidence based decision making involving sound clinical judgement that aligns with the wishes of the woman. It is hoped that this would reduce unwarranted variation in clinical practice whilst continuing to provide high standards of care
The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standard Three: Preventing and Controlling Healthcare Associated Infections outlines the governance standards for health service organisations to safely meet the needs of consumers. The role of Infection control link nurses within the Great Southern forms part of the Great Southern governance process.
This procedure sets out the roles and responsibilities of Infection Control portfolio holders (registered nurse/midwife or enrolled nurse delegated the portfolio) who assist their line manager in infection prevention and management at their local unit or site.
This policy applies to all employees, students, contractors, volunteers, visitors and carers within WACHS. Standard and additional infection control precautions are to be applied in order to minimise the risks of infection.
Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) referred to as Change Management, is the method for the WACHS ICT of tracking, approving, scheduling, and communicating, through a managed process for changes to the WACHS managed technical environment.
This procedure has been developed to ensure that all aspects of backup processes and procedures are identified and adhered to by WACHS Information and Communications Technology (ICT) staff.
This procedure has been developed to ensure that all aspects of Disaster Recovery Plans are identified, regularly updated and reviewed by WACHS Information and Communications Technology (ICT) departments in all regions.
This procedure has been developed to ensure that all aspects of the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) unit processes and procedures are identified and followed by WACHS Information and Communication Technology (ICT) departments in all regions.
This procedure has been developed to ensure that all aspects of user access to the Health network and terminations of users from the Health network in a timely manner are identified and followed through out by the WACHS Information and Communications Technology (ICT) departments in all regions.
This procedure has been developed to ensure that in all regions, the WACHS has a formal process to ensure all vendor security patches are assessed, tested and if applicable, applied and that any system not running the latest anti-virus software is fixed within a timely manner to reduce security vulnerabilities.
To deliver a quality laundry service, guided by Australian Standard AS 4146, which produces clean, hygienic linen in a customer focused and efficient manner.
This plan outlines the procedures and processes required to monitor the hospital bed capacity status 24 hours a day 7 days per week and ensure implementation of appropriate action when required.
The use of personal devices, laptops and personal hand held devices on the mental health inpatient ward may present a hazard or distraction to the user, and the rationale for this procedure is to ensure personal device use while on the ward is both safe and secure and does not disrupt patient care and safety.
This procedure defines the role of the healthcare staff in providing safe and appropriate healthcare to all patients requiring a temporary pacing wire (TPW) and to facilitate a smooth safe process.
This guideline is part of the hazard management element of the WA Country Health Service safety management system (SMS) and seeks to ensure, as far as practicable, the safety of persons using electrical equipment within WACHS.
The purpose of this document is to describe the integration of issues and risk management with quality improvement activities in WA Country Health Service (WACHS)-Kimberley and is intended to complement the WACHS Framework for Risk Management
As required by the Integrity Governance Policy, HSPs are required to establish and document the IG Arrangements that are endorsed by the governing body and ensure they are evaluated and amended as required.
This document defines the role of the Level 1 Intensive Care Unit (L1 ICU) inpatient management and outlines the pathways to access the unit.The intention is to improve the interdisciplinary communications, management and care of patients requiring admission to the ICU. The process will provide a framework for balancing the competing demands of clinicians for admissions of patients to the ICU.
This flowchart (Appendix D of the WACHS IHPT Policy) sets out the process for patient transfers within the South West region. Please see the EDITABLE version on the right under 'Related Documents' - 'Forms' for completion of site specific details.
This guideline relates to those patients being transferred for the purposes of referral, transfer and/or treatment of voluntary, referred or involuntary mental health patients.
This procedure sets out the arrangements for the monitoring and coordination of external audits. Audits are either internal or external audits. For information on the management of 'external' audit please refer to the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) External Audit Monitoring and Coordination Procedure.
This policy covers Intradermal sterile water injections (SWI) which are known to be a simple, safe, effective, non-pharmacological technique for relieving severe back during labour. The technique has been found to be effective in resolving back pain for 85% of women, and has no known side-effects.
This skills assessment ensures staff can safely, effectively and appropriately manage Intradermal Sterile Water Injections (SWI) in accordance with organisational and legislative requirements.
This policy outlines the design and maintenance of the WACHS intranet to follow quality improvement principles and comply with legislative requirements so that communication processes are consistent throughout the health service.
This policy outlines the recommended dilution and administration rates for IV antibiotic administration for patients managed via Hospital in the Home (HITH), Home Nursing Discharge Services (HNDS) and attending Emergency Departments for administration of long term antibiotics post discharge.
The guideline outlines the prescribing and administration of intravenous immunoglobulins provided by the National Blood Authority. Each item has different administration and monitoring requirements which is outlined in the guideline. Direction is also given to provide standardisation of consent and documentation.
This document MUST be restricted to ICU use (which equates to Bunbury ICU only) as this is the only site with patients of associated acuity to warrant such therapy and the unit with adequate resourcing to safely administer as recommended in the document.
This policy outlines how patients with pain are to receive timely, effective and appropriate analgesia titrated according to response, with sufficient suitably qualified staffing to provide a safe environment during the administration of the IV opioids and in the post administration observation period.
Collection of appropriate pathology samples at the time of birth can be used to better inform clinicians and the family as to what the underlying cause of a baby's ill health might be. It is therefore important for all midwives and obstetric doctors to be aware of the situations when these samples are to be collected.
The aim of this document is to guide community health staff in the early detection, management and referral of children with iron deficiency anaemia. This procedure complements the WACHS Enhanced Child Health Schedule which focusses on issues that commonly arise in circumstances of poor social determinants, including; ear, eye, oral, respiratory and skin health, and nutrition, especially iron deficiency.
