Quality and Safety

Clinical Governance
Quality and Safety Committee – Board sub committee chaired by Board member

Urgent Care Clinical Review Committee – MHS staff  and ED Specialist (South West Healthcare & Deakin University)

Medication Advisory Committee – MHS staff plus Neil Petrie (PRN Consulting); local VMO from the Port Fairy Medical Clinic

Accreditation
Meeting accreditation standards is an important part of how we improve the quality of healthcare provided at Moyne Health Services.

• To be accredited, the Moyne Health Services Acute Ward and Urgent Care Centre are required to meet National Healthcare Standards as measured and recognised by independent and external accreditation assessments.
• Our Residential Aged Care Facilities (Moyneyana and Belfast) are required to meet the Aged Care Quality and Safety Standards.

Preventing harm
Patient safety is everyone’s responsibility and Moyne Health Services is committed to improving procedures and systems to prevent all errors that result in harm to a patient.

Controlling and preventing healthcare-associated infections
Moyne Health Services monitors and reports on the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections, specifically the Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteraemia (SAB) rate, which is a serious blood stream infection.