title: ACHS surveyor recommendations: recent trends in the accident and emergency service.
abstract: An analysis was made of 82 public hospitals surveyed by the ACHS in 1990 that had received recommendations for improvement within their Accident and Emergency service. The major areas requiring attention included quality assurance, scope of service, policy and procedure manuals, signposting and the appointment of a medical practitioner responsible for the service. The analysis also revealed that 90% of the recommendations for improvement made by ACHS surveyors at a previous survey had been fully or partially implemented upon resurvey in 1990.
authors.affiliation: Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, Zetland, NSW.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Darby
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D001315:Australia; D003625:Data Collection; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*