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National Patient Safety Alert - NHS England & NHS Improvement
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- Care Trusts
- Mental Health Trusts
- Specialists Trusts
- Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Mental Health & Social Care Trusts
- Ambulance Trusts
- Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Acute Trusts
- Community Trusts
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- Other contacts
- Independent Healthcare Providers (registered with CAS)
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
- NHS Regional Offices
- Special Health Authorities
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Use of oxygen cylinders where patients do not have access to medical gas pipeline systems
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To help NHS organisations prevent risks associated with the
use of medical gas cylinders, NHS England has issued a summary of best practice
guidance on the ‘Safe use of oxygen cylinders’. This National Patient Safety
Alert asks providers to review the guidance and ensure a risk
assessment is undertaken in all escalation/transient areas where patients are
being acutely cared for (either temporarily or permanently) without routine access
to medical gas pipeline systems.
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| Action underway deadline: |
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12-Jan-2023
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| Action complete deadline: |
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20-Jan-2023
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