The health service organisation has processes that:
Provide clinicians with ready access to best-practice guidelines, integrated care pathways, clinical pathways and decision support tools relevant to their clinical practice
Support clinicians to use the best available evidence, including relevant clinical care standards developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Delirium Clinical Care Standard – People with intellectual disability have an elevated risk of developing delirium, particularly when they are acutely unwell or in an unfamiliar environment.
Psychotropic Medicines in Cognitive Disability or Impairment Clinical Care Standard – The Standard provides eight Quality Statements to guide safe health care for people with intellectual disability who have behaviours of concern. Individuals may be prescribed psychotropic medications when they present for care, or the question of prescribing these medications may emerge during their admission.
