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Tools and templates

Tools and templates

There are a number of tools and templates that you can use to implement the National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare.

• National Standards SBHC workbooks
  Quality improvement and assessment workbooks for each of the National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare themes

• HSE Quality Improvement Division
  The role and function of the HSE Quality Improvement Division.

• Shared resources
  Tools and templates from different areas and services

• Policies
  Policies from different areas and services, available to download and adapt