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information about selection criteria and long-term outcomes, with clear documentation of the indications for treatment. Any explanatory...
Evidence-based recommendations on Synergo for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
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Evidence-based recommendations on AposHealth for knee osteoarthritis.
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This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing drug allergy in adults, young people and children. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Documentation using the structured assessment guide
- Quality statement 2: Advice about carrying personal structured drug information
- Quality statement 3: Referral to specialist drug allergy services
- Quality statement 4: Recording drug allergy status in electronic medical records
- Quality statement 5: Updating information on drug allergy status
- Quality statement 6 (developmental): Prescription information on drug avoidance
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oxygenation (ECMO) for acute heart failure. This should include clear documentation of patient selection and indications for the use of...
This guideline covers the care and support of adults receiving social care in their own homes, residential care and community settings. It aims to help people understand what care they can expect and to improve their experience by supporting them to make decisions about their care.
IPG509/1 Question Further research should include clear documentation of patient selection and of all complications. Outcomes should...
This quality standard covers care for adults (aged 18 and over) who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition in hospital or in the community. It includes identifying people at risk of malnutrition and providing nutrition support, including dietary changes and artificial nutrition support given through feeding tubes (enteral nutrition) or directly into a vein (parenteral nutrition). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS24
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Screening for the risk of malnutrition
- Quality statement 2: Treatment
- Quality statement 3: Documentation and communication of results and nutrition support goals
- Quality statement 4: Self-management of artificial nutrition support
- Quality statement 5: Review
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The VAC Veraflo Therapy system for acute infected or chronic wounds that are failing to heal (MTG54)
Evidence-based recommendations on the VAC Veraflo Therapy system for acute infected or chronic wounds that are failing to heal.
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Acutely ill adults in hospital: recognising and responding to deterioration (CG50)
This guideline covers how patients in hospital should be monitored to identify those whose health may become worse suddenly and the care they should receive. It aims to reduce the risk of patients needing to stay longer in hospital, not recovering fully or dying. It doesn’t specifically cover the care of children, patients in critical care areas or those in the final stages of a terminal illness.
Learning disability: care and support of people growing older (QS187)
This quality standard covers identifying, assessing and regularly reviewing the care and support needs of people with a learning disability as they grow older. People with a learning disability have many of the same age-related health and social care needs as other people, but this quality standard focuses on the specific challenges associated with their learning disability. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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This guideline covers identifying people who wish to donate their organs after their death. It offers advice on how to approach families and carers of people who are nearing the end of life and how to seek consent for organ donation. It aims to promote discussion of organ donation as part of end-of-life care and to increase the number of organs available for people waiting for a transplant.
This guideline covers preventing, identifying and managing latent and active tuberculosis (TB) in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve ways of finding people who have TB in the community and recommends that everyone under 65 with latent TB should be treated. It describes how TB services should be organised, including the role of the TB control board.
This guideline covers good practice for developing and updating local formularies in line with statutory requirements. It supports developing formularies that reflect local needs, reduce variation in prescribing, and allow rapid adoption of new medicines and treatments.
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Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for refractory neuropathic pain (IPG450)
Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for refractory neuropathic pain. This involves inserting electrode needles underneath the skin connected to a stimulator device.
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