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This quality standard covers preventing and treating surgical site infections. It covers adults, young people and children having a surgical procedure that involves a cut to the skin in all healthcare settings. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS49
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- Quality statement 1: Personal preparation for surgery
- Quality statement 2: Antibiotic prophylaxis
- Quality statement 3: Patient temperature
- Quality statement 4: Intraoperative staff practices
- Quality statement 5: Information and advice on wound care
- Quality statement 6: Treatment of surgical site infection
- Quality statement 7: Surveillance
This quality standard covers the diagnosis and management of cataracts, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the prevention of sight loss. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS180
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Referral – chronic open angle glaucoma and related conditions
- Quality statement 2: Referral for cataract surgery
- Quality statement 3: Treatment – late age-related macular degeneration (wet active)
- Quality statement 4: Monitoring late age-related macular degeneration (wet active)
- Quality statement 5: Reassessment – chronic open angle glaucoma or related conditions
- Quality statement 6: Certificate of vision impairment
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Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings (NG53)
This guideline covers the period before, during and after a person is admitted to, and discharged from, a mental health hospital. It aims to help people who use mental health services, and their families and carers, to have a better experience of transition by improving the way it’s planned and carried out.
Digitally enabled therapies for adults with depression: early value assessment (HTE8)
Early value assessment (EVA) guidance on digitally enabled therapies for adults with depression....
Guide to the technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies appeal process (PMG41)
This guide outlines the appeal process for the technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies guidance. It sets out the process that NICE follows for appeals and provides guidance for those who wish to make an appeal or who are considering doing so
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing glaucoma in people aged 18 and over. It includes recommendations on testing and referral (case-finding) for chronic open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension and on effective diagnosis, treatment and reassessment to stop these conditions progressing.
This guideline covers keeping adults in care homes safe from abuse and neglect. It includes potential indicators of abuse and neglect by individuals or organisations, and covers the safeguarding process from when a concern is first identified through to section 42 safeguarding enquiries. There are recommendations on policy, training, and care home culture, to improve care home staff awareness of safeguarding and ensure people can report concerns when needed.
This quality standard covers support and treatment to stop smoking and stop using smokeless tobacco, and harm-reduction approaches for people who are not ready to stop in one go. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS207
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Identifying people who use tobacco
- Quality statement 2: Advice
- Quality statement 3: Tobacco cessation support and treatment
- Quality statement 4: Harm-reduction approach
- Quality statement 5: Treatment to stop smoking in hospital
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This guideline covers methods for monitoring the wellbeing of the baby during labour. It includes risk assessment to determine the appropriate level of fetal monitoring, using clinical assessment in addition to fetal monitoring, and interpreting and acting on monitoring findings.
Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities (NG96)
This guideline covers care and support for adults with learning disabilities as they grow older. It covers identifying changing needs, planning for the future, and delivering services including health, social care and housing. It aims to support people to access the services they need as they get older.
Digitally enabled therapies for adults with anxiety disorders: early value assessment (HTE9)
Early value assessment (EVA) guidance on digitally enabled therapies for adults with anxiety disorders....
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 (NG188)
This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, often described as ‘long COVID’. It makes recommendations on care in all healthcare settings for adults, children and young people who have new or ongoing symptoms 4 weeks or more after the start of acute COVID-19. It also includes advice on organising services for long COVID.
Discontinued Reference number: GID-TAG387
This document is one of a series describing the processes and methods that NICE uses to carry out technology appraisals. It focuses on the technology appraisal processes
Cellvizio confocal endomicroscopy system for characterising pancreatic cysts (MIB69)
Advice on the use of Cellvizio confocal endomicroscopy system (CLS) for characterising pancreatic cysts to aid local decision-making