Safety and quality
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Our Practice Plus safety and quality resources will help you manage safety and quality standards in your practice.
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Accreditation
How to register for practice accreditation
Document review checklist: PDF | DOC | editable PDF
Victorian-specific information for accreditation
Audits
Informed consent audit
Patient healthcare records audit
Privacy audit
Medication safety audit and action plan
Escalation of care protocol
Hand hygiene compliance audit
Occupational health and safety
Positive duty obligations relating to sexual harassment
Occupational violence and aggression (OVA)
Investigation of an OVA incident
How to prepare for a WorkSafe audit
OVA checklist
OVA policy
First aid obligations, training and equipment
Incident report: PDF | editable PDF
Spills management: PDF | editable PDF
Blood and body fluid exposure protocol
Staff education and professional development record
Electrical safety
Electrical safety
Electrical safety Q&As for patient areas [Energy Safe Victoria]
Radiation
Radiation management plan [Victorian Department of Health template with guidance notes, in green, from the ADAVB]
Radiation use and management in dental practice - Victoria
Radiation licensing Tasmania
Policies and procedures
Document and procedural review schedule
Incidents, complaints, risks and quality improvement
Incidents, complaints and risk register
Fire safety and emergency management plan
Practice/staff meeting agenda and minutes template
Risk analysis template
Waste management
Waste tracker presentation [Environmental Protection Authority]
Waste management and your environmental duties
Dental amalgam waste FAQs – Victoria
Dental amalgam waste FAQs – Tasmania
Recycling in your practice
