The aim of this document is to provide all medical imaging staff employed by the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) with a consistent procedure when conducting a diagnostic imaging radiology procedure on a patient who is pregnant or possibly pregnant.
Under the current contract, Busselton Health Campus (BHC) is a delivery point for vaccines that are supplied to General Practitioner (GP) surgeries under the 'free vaccine program'. Under this program, vaccines are ordered directly by the GP surgery and are delivered pre-packaged to BHC. The vaccines are then collected by a GP surgery representative.
All WACHS employees and contractors are to involve carers, and/or persons or bodies that represent carers, in any policy or program development, or strategic or operational planning, that might affect carers and the role of carers. Consumers (and their families and/or carers) are to be engaged as partners in their own health care, support, treatment, care planning and self-management.
The purpose of this policy is to ensure that newborns known to be at increased risk of clinical deterioration following birth are recognised and receive timely, appropriate clinical management to minimise their risks. It also provides guidance on cord blood gas collection, analysis and interpretation, and on the optimal timing of cord clamping following birth.
This procedure oultines the process for for clinical escalation to achieve evacuation of the unwell patient from the One Arm Point, Lombadina, Looma, Noonkanbah, Bayulu, Wangkatjungka, Warmun and Kalumburu Clinics.
This policy sets out how, in accordance with Section 17 of the State Records Act 2000), the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) and its employees are to identify, capture, manage, control, preserve and dispose of government records.
Hospital Emergency Departments (ED) and Community Mental Health (CMH) clinical staff have clear direction in the processes for the referral and transfer of patients between services
WACHS Regional Cancer Centres are aligned with the state cancer plan and are part of a state wide network with links to Tertiary Cancer Centres. This document sets out the WACHS wide referral system for public patients visiting medical oncology services ensuring the right patient is assessed by the right clinician, at the right time, in the right place, with the right resources.
This procedure outlines the processes that will be utilised to maintain the WACHS - South West Regional Drug Formulary. The WACHS-SW Regional Drug Formulary is, as of the October 2017, a combination of the WA Statewide Medicines Formulary (SMF) and other approved medicine supply arrangements determined by the WACHS-SW Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) as listed in this procedure.
The group is known as the Regional Product Evaluation and Standardisation Committee (PESC) with the region added as a suffix e.g. PESC Goldfields. The purpose of the Regional Product Evaluation and Standardisation Committee is to ensure that medical equipment and consumables (excluding pharmaceuticals and radiological items) are managed safety and used efficiently and effectively as required for compliance with Corporate EQuIP National Standard 15.15.1 and 15.16.1.
The provision of Non-PBS Pharmaceuticals or Medical Supplies from a public hospital is not an automatic entitlement for any patient. This application form is completed for consideration by the Regional Medical Director for supply of non-PBS pharmaceuticals or medical supplies.
This procedure demonstrates the correct process for the ordering and receipt of Pharmacy Imprest supplies, Schedule Four Recordable (S4R), Schedule Eight (S8) medications in the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) to ensure safe and accountable practice.
The purpose of this document is to ensure a standardised approach to audits in WACHS Residential Aged Care facilities, to improve consumer outcomes by improving professional practice and general quality of all services delivered (both clinical and non-clinical).
This procedure provides guidance and structure to the storage, management, documentation and filing of residential aged care records within the WA Country Health Service.
The purpose of this policy is to ensure that WA Country Health Service (WACHS) Residential Aged Care Facilities meet the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS) and Aged Care Quality (ACQ) Standards and Standards of Clinical Practice outlined within WACHS policy documents. Commonwealth funded Residential Aged Care Facilities are to demonstrate compliance at all times with the ACQ Standards. Multi-Purpose Service Sites and Small Hospitals providing residential care are to demonstrate compliance with the NSQHS (including the Aged Care Module).
The aim of this document is to guide community health staff in the assessment of respiratory health for children 0-5 years of age, and for prevention and management of infections. 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.
This procedure is designed to provide a process for gathering adequate information to make a timely and informed decision regarding escalation of the request to allow follow up assessment.
This policy sets out the specific information for WACHS clinicians required to respond to SA presentations, and particularly information that may either differ from, or is not addressed, in the Women and Newborn Health Service SARC Procedure for responding to sexual assault (best practice).
This policy outlines the requirements for all WACHS health services to act on eliminating, or minimising where possible, the use of restrictive practices, and meeting the requirements to practice safely and lawfully if restraint is applied during a period of health care.
WACHS is committed to developing and fostering a culture of learning which encourages self-development and the assessment of clinical skills and knowledge in the resuscitation practices associated with newborns, infants, children and adults. This is centred on establishing learning and assessment programs to agreed standards and to ensure minimum safe practice. The agreed standard for resuscitation practices for WACHS is the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC).
Where Reusable Medical Devices are used and reprocessed, the health service must comply with current relevant legislation, national & international standards, and manufacturer's reprocessing instructions.
The purpose of the policy and procedure is to prevent and manage the manual handling risks existing within CHS by using a consistent, systematic Risk Management approach to identify, assess and control manual handling hazards in the workplace.
WACHS considers risk management to be an important element of corporate governance and closely associated with the pursuit of improved business performance, innovation and productivity. The identification, analysis, acceptance, and mitigation of risk is essential to ensuring WACHS is providing services in a safe and effective manner to both patients and staff.
WACHS considers risk management to be an important element of corporate governance and closely associated with the pursuit of improved business performance, innovation and productivity. The identification, analysis, acceptance, and mitigation of risk is essential to ensuring WACHS is providing services in a safe and effective manner to both patients and staff.
This document clarifies the roles and responsibilities of approved radiographers/ medical imaging technologists (MITs) and x-ray operators (XROs) in the provision of the WACHS X-ray Operator Service.
This consumer brochure explains about the doula, who is a companion who understands the emotional and physical needs of a woman and her family throughout her pregnancy, labour, birth and early postnatal period, and provides continuous non-clinical support and non-clinical care for a woman throughout her whole experience.
This purpose of this document is to provide guidance to WACHS maternity staff as to the EPPM scope of practice when credentialed to admit and provide care to their private patients within WACHS maternity services, and to confirm that the clinical governance and support for EPPMs are consistent with the health service's existing policies and processes an to provide definition around the roles and responsibilities of the collaborating parties, including responsibilities for care planning and provision, documentation and reporting of information.
