Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027)
Standard 3: Pathology test supervision – Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027)

Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027) 3.03: Workforce and supervision risks: record and rate supervision risks from vacancies and extended leave in the risk system, rate skills and supervisory gaps from vacancy or extended leave as critical risks, act to mitigate them, set the risk level for supervising tests from workforce qualifications and experience, test volume, complexity and acuity, and error, feedback, complaint and outcome data, and have the designated person periodically review supervision arrangements and mitigate gaps when they occur

What does 3.03 require?

Supervision gaps are treated as risks. Vacancies and absences longer than four weeks go into the risk register with a rating, and any resulting skills or supervisory gap is rated critical and acted on. How risky it is to supervise a given test is judged on the qualifications and experience available, on volume, complexity and acuity, and on the track record: how many and what kind of errors, what feedback and complaints have come in, and what poor outcomes have occurred. The designated person revisits the supervision arrangements periodically and steps in to reduce the risk whenever a vacancy opens a supervisory gap.

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  • 1.10 Organisational risks are identified, documented, assessed with clinical and other data, reduced, reviewed, reported to workforce and consumers, and emergency and disaster plans are in place

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