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Genea Day Surgery

Genea is committed to the creation of safe healthcare environments through the implementation of practices and systems that maintain and improve the reliability and quality of patient care, as well as improve patient outcomes.

Genea Day Surgeries are accredited to the National Standards for Safety and Quality in Healthcare. You can read more about the Standards at safetyandquality.gov.au.

As part of our commitment to safety and quality, we collect and track data on safety and quality issues. Performance across these areas by all Genea Day Surgeries is monitored through our clinical governance framework and reported to Genea’s Risk Management and Compliance Committee, Professional Advisory Board and the Genea Board. The following is a summary of our current clinical safety indicators for Genea Day Surgeries in 2018.

Clinical Indicator	% of Admissions Kent St, Sydney	% of Admissions Liverpool	% of Admissions Northwest	% of Admissions Canberra
Total patient admissions	6640	564	625	1230
Patients who experience an adverse event during admission to the Day Surgery	<1	0	0	0
Unplanned return to theatre on the same day as procedure	<1	0	0	0
Unplanned transfer/admission related to ongoing management	<1	<1	0	<1
Unplanned delay in discharge from Day Surgery	<1	0	0	0
Patients who developed infections	<1	0	<1	0
Patient identification / procedure matching errors	<1	0	0	0
Medication errors requiring intervention	0	0	0	0
Adverse reactions to blood products	0	0	0	0
Patients who developed pressure injuries	0	0	0	0
Patient falls requiring intervention	0	0	0	0
Hand Hygiene compliance rates	62	92	58	77