Actions and Confirmation of Breach Criteria Breach Comments Day Surgery Unit and Risk ITU Recovery Theatre Admissions Red HIGH BREACH RISK Patient breaches Patient breaches when for discharge When Day Surgery Unit 2nd stage when an individual from Recovery but this has been delayed is being utilised for bedded patient is fully ready and the patient is requiring to take fluid and inpatients if not patients of the and referred for diet and mobilising to use a shared same sex. ward care over 24 bathroom facilities (if walking visibly across hours and the path of a patient of the opposite sex). cannot/or is not already If recovery is used for surgical outliers accommodated in a overnight as per the escalation policy single refer to the CHAT Outlier policy which room/cohorted bed provides more detailed information about space. how to segregate recovery to comply with single sex accommodation guidelines which includes floor plans (see page 4 for an example). ACTIONS TO BE TO AVOID PRIVACY AND DIGNITY BREACH Keep patient Cohort patients waiting discharge if N/A if this was being used and – accommodated patients were mixed it would clinically safe and possible (if not within a single constitute a breach. used consider bays 15/16, room/ cohorted bed 22/23 or paediatric recovery); space if appropriate (and if other Ensure male/female patients are patients care is not not placed opposite each other (i.e. compromised as a in close proximity and in direct result). view) as far as is practicably and safe. Utilisation of screens and curtains as per CDU Sex “Mixed
Breach Risk Actions and Confirmation of Breach Criteria Comments ITU Recovery Day Surgery Unit and Theatre Admissions Red HIGH BREACH RISK Patient breaches when an individual patient is fully ready and referred for ward care over 24 hours and cannot/or is not already accommodated in a single room/cohorted bed space. Patient breaches when for discharge from Recovery but this has been delayed and the patient is requiring to take fluid and diet and mobilising to use a shared bathroom facilities (if walking visibly across the path of a patient of the opposite sex). If recovery is used for surgical outliers overnight as per the escalation policy refer to the CHAT Outlier policy which provides more detailed information about how to segregate recovery to comply with single sex accommodation guidelines which includes floor plans (see page 4 for an example). When Day Surgery Unit 2nd stage is being utilised for bedded inpatients if not patients of the same sex. ACTIONS TO BE TO AVOID PRIVACY AND DIGNITY BREACH Keep patient accommodated within a single room/ cohorted bed space if appropriate (and if other patients care is not compromised as a result). Cohort patients waiting discharge if clinically safe and possible (if not used consider bays 15/16, 22/23 or paediatric recovery); Ensure male/female patients are not placed opposite each other (i.e. in close proximity and in direct view) as far as is practicably and safe. Utilisation of screens and curtains as per CDU “Mixed Sex N/A – if this was being used and patients were mixed it would constitute a breach.
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