confidentiality and safety. Patients may be at an increased risk of harm The accrediting agency may need to conduct if the storage and disposal of medicines in a realignment survey to observe the new the new premises are not reviewed to ensure practice facilities and medicine storage they continue to meet legislation and the facilities continue to meet the requirements requirements of the standards. of the standards. and the community more generally, The accrediting agency may need to conduct Patient’s, may be at an increased risk of harm if they a realignment survey to observe that new are receive temperature-sensitive medicines practice facilities and temperature-controlled that have been compromised due to poor medicine and vaccine storage facilities compliance with storage guidelines. continue to meet the requirements of the standards. Patients may be at an increased risk of The accrediting agency may need to conduct contracting a preventable a realignment survey to observe the new infection if they undergo a practice facilities and processes for procedure at the practice using equipment sterilisation, including the layout of the new that has not be properly sterilised according premises and how this has been to infection control guidelines. incorporated into sterilisation processes. Policies and procedures for sterilisation as well as the training and qualifications of staff responsible for sterilisation would also need to be reviewed. Where a general practice is not sterilising onsite, evidence should be submitted to the accrediting agency outlining the practice’s policy and procedure for the use of items or processes for sterilisation offsite. A copy of the agreement with an offsite sterilisation provider should also be reviewed, where applicable. Patients may be at an increased risk of a The accrediting agency may need to conduct preventable healthcare-associated infection a realignment survey to observe the new if the practice does not implement or comply practice facilities to ensure the infection with an infection prevention and control prevention and control requirements of the policy based on their new premises. standards continue to be met. Documented policies and procedures for infection prevention and control should also be submitted to the accrediting agency for review.
confidentiality and safety. Patients may be at an increased risk of harm if the storage and disposal of medicines in the new premises are not reviewed to ensure they continue to meet legislation and the requirements of the standards. The accrediting agency may need to conduct a realignment survey to observe the new practice facilities and medicine storage facilities continue to meet the requirements of the standards. Patient’s, and the community more generally, may be at an increased risk of harm if they are receive temperature-sensitive medicines that have been compromised due to poor compliance with storage guidelines. The accrediting agency may need to conduct a realignment survey to observe that new practice facilities and temperature-controlled medicine and vaccine storage facilities continue to meet the requirements of the standards. Patients may be at an increased risk of contracting a preventable infection if they undergo a procedure at the practice using equipment that has not be properly sterilised according to infection control guidelines. The accrediting agency may need to conduct a realignment survey to observe the new practice facilities and processes for sterilisation, including the layout of the new premises and how this has been incorporated into sterilisation processes. Policies and procedures for sterilisation as well as the training and qualifications of staff responsible for sterilisation would also need to be reviewed. Where a general practice is not sterilising onsite, evidence should be submitted to the accrediting agency outlining the practice’s policy and procedure for the use of items or processes for sterilisation offsite. A copy of the agreement with an offsite sterilisation provider should also be reviewed, where applicable. Patients may be at an increased risk of a preventable healthcare-associated infection if the practice does not implement or comply with an infection prevention and control policy based on their new premises. The accrediting agency may need to conduct a realignment survey to observe the new practice facilities to ensure the infection prevention and control requirements of the standards continue to be met. Documented policies and procedures for infection prevention and control should also be submitted to the accrediting agency for review.
Advisory-GP18-03-Physical-relocation-of-a-general-practice-to-another-premise.docx