In August 2023, we announced the Safer Care for Kids project.
... Read more...In 2022, there has been a marked increase in the number of cases of Group A streptococcal infections and in other bacterial infections, including Streptococcus pneumoniae, in the Victorian community.
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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare (ACSQHC) released the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard on June 30 2022.
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- Innovation and improvement
Safer Care Victoria (SCV) has been notified of several sentinel events involving the deterioration of children who have presented to Emergency Departments (EDs) across Victoria with sepsis. Review of these events has identified similar themes.
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Children in the Emergency Department (ED) deteriorate unexpectedly. Paediatric sentinel events and coroners’ cases have recurring themes related to parent/carers' inability to effectively escalate their concerns about their child's deterioration whilst in the ED.
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Ensuring early intervention and preventative care programs focus on improving outcomes for priority maternal and child populations is a key recommendation in the latest maternity and childhood data report.
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- Maternity and newborn
- Paediatric
New clinical pathways that have proven to reduce harm from sepsis are now available for Victorian clinicians.
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Cases of PIMS-TS - a novel post-infectious systemic hyperinflammatory syndrome - have been reported in children in Victoria... Read more...
- Paediatric
- Emergency care
Tonsillectomy is one of the most common childhood surgeries and is usually performed to treat snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea or frequent tonsillitis.
New resources are now available to help families decide whether their child needs surgery to remove their tonsils.
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