Recognising and responding to deterioration early is critical in preventing avoidable deaths and serious harm in NSW public hospitals.
This section brings together the elements of the NSW Health Deteriorating Patient Safety Net System that includes escalation processes, clinical tools, resources and training that help teams respond to a patient who is deteriorating.
NSW Deteriorating Patient Safety Net System
See the programs and frameworks to support the recognition and management of patients who deteriorate.
Clinical Emergency Response System
Escalate care fast and support patients and families to raise concerns.
Education
Build the knowledge and skills to recognise and respond to deterioration.
Clinical tools and resources
Standard observation charts
Find observation charts to support recognition and response to deterioration.
Worried they are getting worse?
Use the proactive escalation tool to support patients, carers and families to raise concerns about deterioration.
Sepsis pathways
Use standardised sepsis pathways to recognise and respond to sepsis.
Sepsis care improvement toolkit
Use this toolkit to support quality improvement in sepsis care for neonatal, paediatric, maternal and adult populations.