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AUDIT TOOL
for
NATIONAL WOUND MANAGEMENT
GUIDELINES
Appendix 6: Clinical Audit Tool
CLINICAL AUDIT
Definition:
‘Clinical audit is a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes
through systematic review of care against explicit criteria and the review of change. Aspects of the
structures, process, and outcomes of care are selected and systematically evaluated against explicit
criteria. Where indicated changes are implemented at an individual, team, a service level and further
monitoring is used to confirm improvement in health care delivery’
(Best Practice in Clinical Audit, 2002 www.clinicalauditsupport.com)
Instructions for use
Each statement in the audit tool has been taken from the accompanying national wound management
guidelines. Each care setting can assess to what degree they comply with the statements in their own
area of practice. It is intended that this audit tool will provide each care setting with a baseline tool
through which they can assess their own practice and identify areas which require improvements.
Users of this audit tool are free to add in additional statements, as they deem appropriate and adopt
this tool for use in their own setting.
For further support and information please contact your local clinical audit team or to find out more
information please see:
www.clinicalauditsupport.com www.hiqa.ie
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