Code of Practice for Private Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Maternity ...

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relevant professional regulatory body; and
record of training and educational activities.
4.2.6 All clinical staff are required to abide by relevant codes of
professional practice.
4.2.7 A record of duty roster is kept for all services/wards.
4.2.8 All staff should wear staff badges with name and post to identify
themselves to clients.
4.3 Medical Staff
4.3.1 Where the establishment caters for acute in-patient service, there
is a resident medical practitioner available on immediate call
within the establishment at all times to provide urgent patient
care.
4.3.2 There should be a roster for medical practitioners to deal with
emergencies. The roster should be devised in such a manner so as
to avoid the same doctor being put on-call for a prolonged period
without replacement or backup.
4.3.3 Resident medical practitioners should undertake certified training
in advanced life support, which is updated regularly. Where
children are admitted as in-patients, resident medical practitioners
should also have an accredited Paediatric Advanced Life Support
(PALS) certificate which should be updated regularly.
4.3.4 Where the patient requests a specialist to provide the service, the
medical practitioner providing the service should be one whose
name has been included in the specialist medical register of the
Hong Kong Medical Council or equivalent.
4.4 Medical Practitioners and Health Professionals with Practicing/
Admission Privileges
4.4.1 For practitioners/professionals (personnel) with admission or
practising privilege, there is a mechanism to –
(i) vet their fitness in terms of qualifications, experience and
training;
(ii) check the indemnification/medico-legal protection;
(iii) monitor their performance;
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