BS 70000:2017 pdf free.Medical physics, clinical engineering and associated scientific services in healthcare – Requirements for quality, safety and competence.
BS 70000 The service shall have:
a) defined roles and responsibilities for:
1) interpreting and reporting test and other results and outcomes;
2) governance, including reviewing current practice and the development of new healthcare scientific practices;
b) a designated quality lead;
c) established systems to regularly plan, define and review quality objectives and implement quality improvements;
d) contingency plans to ensure that agreed essential services are available during emergency situations;
e) systems in place to ensure contracts of employment and job descriptionsljob plans are agreed, and that staff appraisals and personal development plan reviews are regularly conducted for all staff; and
f) systems in place to maintain competencies needed to provide the service (including where appropriate provision for children and those with particular needs).
The service shall define, implement and monitor standards of performance and quality improvement of services.
The service shall have systems to describe how communications are undertaken from management to staff and from staff to management at all levels of the service. These systems shall enable mechanisms for staff feedback (confidential or otherwise) on any issues of service performance and delivery, communications regarding the effectiveness of the management system, and any actions being planned.
The service shall implement and maintain an appropriate quality management system that includes documentation of policies, processes, procedures and instructions, which is made readily accessible to staff and supported by training, for the purpose of assuring the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective healthcare scientific services.
NOTE The documentation can be in any form or type of medium, provding it is readily accessible and protected fromunauthorized changes and undue deterioration.
The quality management system shall include:
a) a quality policy, with associated responsibilities (see BS EN Iso 9001);
b) quality objectives and the mechanism for their review;
c) written commitments to defined best professional, scientific, research and development, and clinical practice;
d) methods for disseminating the quality policy to all personnel;
e) mechanisms for system review and performance measurement, including audit; and
f) the standards to which the service are to adhere and how work procedures and services are reviewed to ensure they meet these standards.BS 70000 pdf download.