Expected outcomes Expected outcomes Expected outcomes Priority programme Baseline 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 1. Medication safety Reducing medication errors (eg, wrong medication or wrong dose) through developing and promoting use of standardised best-practice processes. 1a) Medicine Establish baseline % of Baseline increased by at least 25% annually until reconciliation high priority patients 90% of high priority patients receive medicines who receive reconciliation at admission medicines reconciliation at admission Establish baseline % of Baseline increased by at least 15% annually until 1b) Prescribing practices audited medicine more than 80% of medicine orders are legible orders that are legible (including medicine name, dose, route and frequency) 1c) Standardised Establish baseline of More than 50% of More than 75% of process in aged aged care residential aged care residential aged care residential care residential providers using the providers use the providers use the providers standardised standardised standardised documentation for documentation for documentation for prescribing and prescribing and prescribing and administering administering administering medication in aged medication medication residential care facilities We are currently establishing a measurement and evaluation framework for the National Medication Safety Programme. This will allow us to measure reductions in medication errors and adverse drug events, improved experience of care and value for money 2. Reducing health care associated infections 2a) Hand hygiene Baseline in Increase in audited A further increase to Rate of at least 70% January 2011 compliance rate with more than 70% maintained Reducing infection based on audits: the hand hygiene rates in health care 54% compliance programme in public settings by improving with the hand hospitals to more than hand hygiene of hygiene 64% health professionals programme Establish baseline rate Reduction in rate of S. aureus bacteraemia of hospital-acquired Literature suggests that a reduction of between Staphylococcus aureus 20% and 50% should be possible (S. aureus) bacteraemia infection
Priority programme Baseline Expected outcomes 2012/13 Expected outcomes 2013/14 Expected outcomes 2014/15 1. Medication safety Reducing medication errors (eg, wrong medication or wrong dose) through developing and promoting use of standardised best-practice processes. 1a) Medicine reconciliation Establish baseline % of high priority patients who receive medicines reconciliation at admission Baseline increased by at least 25% annually until 90% of high priority patients receive medicines reconciliation at admission 1b) Prescribing practices Establish baseline % of audited medicine orders that are legible (including medicine name, dose, route and frequency) Baseline increased by at least 15% annually until more than 80% of medicine orders are legible 1c) Standardised process in aged care residential providers Establish baseline of aged care residential providers using the standardised documentation for prescribing and administering medication in aged residential care facilities More than 50% of aged care residential providers use the standardised documentation for prescribing and administering medication More than 75% of aged care residential providers use the standardised documentation for prescribing and administering medication We are currently establishing a measurement and evaluation framework for the National Medication Safety Programme. This will allow us to measure reductions in medication errors and adverse drug events, improved experience of care and value for money 2. Reducing health care associated infections 2a) Hand hygiene Reducing infection rates in health care settings by improving hand hygiene of health professionals Baseline in January 2011 based on audits: 54% compliance with the hand hygiene programme Increase in audited compliance rate with the hand hygiene programme in public hospitals to more than 64% A further increase to more than 70% Rate of at least 70% maintained Establish baseline rate of hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteraemia infection Reduction in rate of S. aureus bacteraemia Literature suggests that a reduction of between 20% and 50% should be possible