Professionals
Quality Manual (version 3)
The manual documents the New Born Hearing Screening Wales (NBHSW) quality system needed to achieve quality in screening the hearing of infants. It has been devised with reference to the English protocol for Newborn Hearing Screening and following consultation with experts in Wales and England. The manual will be revised annually.
The document consists of eight sections as follows:
1. Quality System (PDF file 70KB)
This section outlines NBHSW’s approach to quality and quality assurance and summarises NBHSW’s management and quality assurance structures and responsibilities.
2. Objectives (PDF file 75KB)
This section sets out the NBHSW objectives that the quality system is designed to meet
3. Responsibilities (PDF file 36KB)
This section enables an individual to determine which aspects of the quality system they have, or share, overall responsibility for. The section lists each post within NBHSW and screening services which has overall responsibility for ensuring that NBHSW quality standards are met and/or has overall responsibility for ensuring that quality control checks or quality audits are carried out. This section cross refers to sections 4 to 8.
4. Quality Standards – Human Resources (PDF file 93KB)
This section sets out quality standards for NBHSW’s human resources, including establishments, job descriptions, recruitment, selection, training and links to audiology departments and other services.
5. Quality Standards – Physical Resources (PDF file 53KB)
This section sets out quality standards for NBHSW’s physical resources, including accommodation, equipment, publicity materials and information leaflets for parents.
6. Quality Standards – Operational Procedures (PDF file 391KB)
This section sets out quality standards for NBHSW’s operational procedures, including planning the screening programme, screening, assessment and monitoring the process. The administrative procedures for screeners and administrative staff are referenced throughout the operational procedures. It outlines the methods of ensuring a high quality of habilitation through clinical pathways for babies diagnosed by the screening process in the 0 to 2 year age range. It also describes the role of a targeted distraction test and the roles of individuals outwith the screening programme whose support is necessary for a successful programme.
7. Quality Control (PDF file 26KB)
This section sets out how the quality control procedures and checks set out in sections 3 to 6 are met.
8. Quality audits and reports (PDF file 31KB)
This section sets out details of the quality audits and reports that take place within NBHSW. Each covers a wide range of procedures, resources and standards.
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