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managing risks of harm from cognitive impairment reducing the risk of harm related to unpredictable behaviour of patients minimising the use of restrictive practices on patients training the workforce in the requirements of this Standard procuring equipment to prevent and manage identified health conditions. mental illness, but the organisation is not required to comply with the NSMHS focusing on end-of-life care that has the potential to reduce inappropriate and costly care for patients who are dying focusing on safety and improved quality of care for people living with mental illness or cognitive impairment, or those who are at the end of life reducing errors and associated legal costs. Communicating for Safety Costs may include: establishing or adapting systems to implement and monitor the new content in this standard establishing effective communication systems establishing mechanisms for communicating critical information training the workforce in the new actions for communication. Benefits may include: standardising and structuring systems applied consistently across health service organisations that have the potential to reduce the risk of patient harm from communication errors simplifying the requirements for patient identification for streamlined compliance with these actions focusing on critical information that includes patient goals and preferences, and the involvement of carers and all relevant clinicians, to improve the effectiveness of communication reducing action by providing better communication and fewer errors. management Costs may include: establishing or adapting systems to implement and monitor the new content in this Standard prescribing and administering blood and blood products training the workforce in the new actions for blood and blood products. Benefits may include: optimising and conserving a patient’s own blood, providing better management of an expensive and scarce resource simplifying the requirements of the Standard by reducing duplication generating improved compliance with national policy by aligning these requirements with actions in the Standard reducing costs associated with inappropriate use of blood. Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration Costs may include: establishing or adapting systems to implement and monitor the new content in this Standard recognising and responding to acute deterioration in cognitive state and mental state Benefits may include: extending the from solely acute physical deterioration to include physical, cognitive and mental deterioration in any setting of care simplifying and clarifying actions from version 1 of the Standards that were inappropriate in a range of health settings
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