Practice standards scheme

Re: Practice standards scheme

Derek Copeland — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:29:23 GMT

Ian shame on you for suggesting the PSS is a paper shifting exercise and should not be included in Clinical !

Jill thank you We didnt have a WSE in our manual but the manufacturer Kronus has promised to send us one

Thank you both for your comments

I am only up to page 15 of the Checklist so watch this space

Signed

Not dissolutioned yet, of Stockton

Re: Practice standards scheme

Ian Mostyn — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:56:31 GMT

I am sure that I will have it somewhere but thanks for the offer. We have a service contract with the manufacturers of our autoclave which presumably means there engineer's are familiar with the WSE.

This does however raise the question of the remit of the PSS (maybe this should be in the council elections section). Why should the PSS duplicate requirements of other organisations (such as HSE) and why is it not more concerned about purely veterinary matters? Perhaps I will move this topic over.

Ian

Re: Practice standards scheme

Jill Nute — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:25:00 GMT

The WSE is not a manual, it is usually one or two sides of A4, & the engineer's checklist or service record will usually include a section on whether the WSE was present, presumably to show that the engineer has acted in accordance with it. As it is a legal requirement to have a WSE ensuring that it is present under the PSS at least avoids the possibility of Improvement Notices or prosecution by HSE. If you want to reply offline with the name of your autoclave if I have a WSE to match I can forward it to you, Jill

Re: Practice standards scheme

Ian Mostyn — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:54:29 GMT

What is the point in having the service manual? An autoclave is not a user-servicable piece of equipment and I pay good money to an engineer to do all that for me. Is this not a case of paperwork for the sake of it? I fail to see how having the manual helps my practice.

Ian

Re: Practice standards scheme

Jill Nute — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:29:18 GMT

The WSE is required under the regs covering pressurised equipment, & is the document which describes how the equipment must be serviced . It is usually supplied by the manufacturer when you get your autoclave, if you have not got a copy, ask the manufacturer, or beg a copy from someone with an identical machine. Jill

Re: Practice standards scheme

Ian Mostyn — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:18:25 GMT

AFAIK it is the service documents and the pressure vessel test. Not in PSS myself but that is the nurse training practice requirements.

Ian