Northern Health Library: NSQHS Standards

Click to read the current NSQHS Standards (including updates)

About the NSQHS Standards

The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards were developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care in collaboration with the Australian Government, states and territories, the private sector, clinical experts, patients and carers. The primary aims of the NSQHS Standards are to protect the public from harm and to improve the quality of health service provision. The Standards provide a quality assurance mechanism that tests whether relevant systems are in place to ensure that expected standards of safety and quality are met.

The eight NSQHS Standards are:

1. Clinical governance
2. Partnering with consumers
3. Preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections
4. Medication safety
5. Comprehensive care
6. Communicating for safety
7. Blood management
8. Recognising and responding to acute deterioration

Further Reading on the NSQHS Standards

• PubMed NSQHS Standards Expert Live Searches
  Engineered by Health Libraries Australia, retrieve all available results on each standard, including relevant subsections. 
• Australian Commissions on Safety and Quality in Healthcare: Resources Library 
  Searchable database of resources, guidelines, fact sheets, and more supporting compliance with the Standards. 
• Northern Health NHQHS Standards: Quick Summary 
  A two-page summary of the Standards, including the Comprehensive Care Sub-Groups, available via the intranet (onsite access only). 
• Northern Health Standards 1 to 8 Resources
  Fact sheets for each of the Standards, including the Comprehensive Care Sub-Groups, and the Mental Health Division Resources, available via the intranet (onsite access only).