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This quality standard covers managing intravenous (IV) fluid therapy safely and effectively for adults in hospital. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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This quality standard covers assessing and managing motor neurone disease, including care, support and planning after diagnosis. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Information and support at diagnosis
- Quality statement 2: Respiratory assessment and non-invasive ventilation
- Quality statement 3: Provision of equipment and adaptions based on multidisciplinary team assessment
- Quality statement 4: Continuity of care
- Quality statement 5: Planning for end of life care
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This quality standard covers care after emergency treatment for suspected anaphylaxis, including assessment and referral to specialist allergy services. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Initial education in adrenaline auto-injector use
- Quality statement 2: Referral to specialist allergy services after emergency treatment
- Quality statement 3: Specialist assessment for venom immunotherapy
- Quality statement 4: Ongoing training in adrenaline auto-injector use
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This quality standard covers prevention of falls and assessment after a fall in people who are living in the community, in a residential care setting or staying in hospital and are:
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- Quality statement 1: Asking people about falls
- Quality statement 2: Comprehensive falls assessment
- Quality statement 3: Interventions to reduce the risk of falls
- Quality statement 4: Checks for injury after an inpatient fall
- Quality statement 5: Safe manual handling after an inpatient fall
- Quality statement 6: Medical examination after an inpatient fall
- Quality statement 7: Multifactorial risk assessment for older people presenting for medical attention
This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing menopause in women, trans men and non-binary people registered female at birth, including those who have premature ovarian insufficiency (menopause before the age of 40, which can occur naturally or as a result of medical or surgical treatment). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Diagnosing perimenopause and menopause
- Quality statement 2: Diagnosing premature ovarian insufficiency
- Quality statement 3: Managing premature ovarian insufficiency
- Quality statement 4: Reviewing treatments for menopause-associated symptoms
- Quality statement 5: Information before treatment likely to cause menopause
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This quality standard covers assessing, diagnosing and managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Diagnosis with spirometry
- Quality statement 2: Inhaler technique
- Quality statement 3: Assessment for long-term oxygen therapy
- Quality statement 4: Pulmonary rehabilitation for stable COPD and exercise limitation
- Quality statement 5: Pulmonary rehabilitation after an acute exacerbation
- Quality statement 6: Emergency oxygen during an exacerbation
- Quality statement 7: Non-invasive ventilation
This quality standard covers recognising, assessing and managing bipolar disorder in adults (aged 18 and over) in primary and secondary care. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Referral for specialist mental health assessment
- Quality statement 2: Personalised care plan
- Quality statement 3: Involving carers in care planning
- Quality statement 4 (developmental): Psychological interventions
- Quality statement 5: Maintaining plasma lithium levels
- Quality statement 6: Valproate
- Quality statement 7: Assessing physical health
This quality standard covers preventing dementia, and assessment, management and health and social care support for people with dementia. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Raising awareness – health promotion interventions
- Quality statement 2: Diagnosis
- Quality statement 3: Advance care planning
- Quality statement 4: Coordinating care
- Quality statement 5: Activities to promote wellbeing
- Quality statement 6: Managing distress
- Quality statement 7: Supporting carers
This quality standard covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of suspected sepsis in people over 16 who are not or have not recently been pregnant. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Assessment in acute settings
- Quality statement 2: Assessment outside acute settings
- Quality statement 3: Urgent assessment and antibiotic treatment for people at high risk
- Quality statement 4: Intravenous fluids
- Quality statement 5: Escalation of care
- Quality statement 6: Information for people whose condition is managed outside acute hospital settings
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This quality standard covers managing prostate cancer in people referred to secondary care or having follow-up for prostate cancer in primary care. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Discussion with a named nurse specialist
- Quality statement 2: Treatment options
- Quality statement 3: Combination therapy
- Quality statement 4: Managing adverse effects of treatment
- Quality statement 5: Hormone-relapsed metastatic prostate cancer
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Gastro-oesophageal reflux in children and young people (QS112)
This quality standard covers managing symptoms of reflux (regurgitation or bringing up feeds) in babies, children and young people (under 18). It also covers diagnosing and managing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (also called GORD), which is more severe reflux and heartburn. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Information about gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) in infants
- Quality statement 2: Breast-fed infants – feeding assessment
- Quality statement 3: Formula-fed infants – stepped-care approach
- Quality statement 4: Alginate therapy
- Quality statement 5: Symptoms that do not need investigation or treatment
- Quality statement 6: Acid-suppressing drugs
- Quality statement 7: Upper gastrointestinal (GI) contrast study
This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing hypertension (high blood pressure) and pre-eclampsia during pregnancy, labour and birth. It also covers advice for women with hypertension who may become pregnant and postnatal care for women who have had hypertension or pre-eclampsia. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Pre-pregnancy advice for women with treated hypertension
- Quality statement 2: Antenatal assessment of pre-eclampsia risk
- Quality statement 3: Antenatal blood pressure targets
- Quality statement 4: Assessing women with severe hypertension in pregnancy
- Quality statement 5: Admission to hospital for women with pre-eclampsia
- Quality statement 6: Timing of birth for women with pre-eclampsia
- Quality statement 7: Transfer of information about ongoing management
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We have moved Diagnostics guidance 14 to become HealthTech guidance 353. This is to better reflect the NICE HealthTech programme which combines the former NICE Diagnostics Assessment programme, Interventional Procedures programme and Medical Technologies Evaluation programme and to help you find relevant content more quickly. The guidance itself has not changed.