Australia National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards Second Edition 8.01-8.03: Governance, quality improvement and consumer partnership systems are applied to recognising and responding to acute deterioration: policies, risks, training, monitoring and improvement of recognition and response systems, outcome reporting, and patient involvement, information and shared decisions

Recognising and responding to deterioration is governed through the clinical governance, improvement and consumer partnership systems: policies, risks and training needs set within the framework, recognition and response systems monitored, improved and reported, and patients involved, informed and sharing decisions.