NSQHS - Search the evidence

Looking for evidence to support best practice in line with the Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards?

These PubMed searches will find articles from the last 5 years with a focus on the hospital setting.

Click on 'more search options' in any box for specific subsets including: broader coverage of the topic, Australian focus, or Reviews.

	Partnering with consumers	Health Literacy Partnering with consumers Shared decision-making More search options
	Preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections	Infection prevention Wound management More search options
	Medication safety	Medication safety More search options
	Comprehensive care	Delirium Falls prevention Malnutrition Pressure injuries More search options
	Communicating for safety	Clinical handover Clinical handover with ISBAR More search options
	Blood management	Blood management More search options
	Recognising and responding to acute deterioration	Delirium Deteriorating patient More search options

Please use Chrome to run these searches - PubMed does not work correctly in Internet Explorer.

Full text access to articles is available where you see this icon

Do you need to narrow one of these topics for your particular interest? Steps available

These searches have been adapted and expanded to reflect the NSQHS 2nd edition and build on the searches developed, tested and endorsed as part of the HeLiNS (Health Libraries for the National Standards) Research Project, a joint initiative of Health Libraries Australia and Health Libraries Inc.

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