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Abstract
Introduction The purpose of the quality standards document is to provide healthcare professionals, commissioners, service providers and patients with a guide to standards of care that should be met for home oxygen provision in the UK, together with measurable markers of good practice. Quality statements are based on the British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guideline for Home Oxygen Use in Adults.
Methods Development of BTS Quality Standards follows the BTS process of quality standard production based on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence process manual for the development of quality standards.
Results 10 quality statements have been developed, each describing a key marker of high-quality, cost-effective care for home oxygen use, and each statement is supported by quality measures that aim to improve the structure, process and outcomes of healthcare.
Discussion BTS Quality Standards for home oxygen use in adults form a key part of the range of supporting materials that the society produces to assist in the dissemination and implementation of a guideline’s recommendations.
- Long Term Oxygen Therapy (ltot)
- Short Burst Oxygen Therapy
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BTS Quality Standards for Home Oxygen are endorsed by: The Association for Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC), The Association of Palliative Medicine (APM), The Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists (ARNS), The Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology (ARTP), The Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK).
Contributors JS and TW were lead authors responsible for the overall editing and production of the document. DF, MG, VK, WM and TW were lead authors for quality statements 1–3. JA, CL, JS and TW were lead authors for quality statements 4 and 5. RF, SH, JP and MW were lead authors for quality statements 6 and 7. CD, MH and VV were lead authors for quality statements 8–10. All authors were responsible for the final approval of the document. GG attended the meeting as the lay representative and gave feedback on the draft document.
Funding This project received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests The British Thoracic Society operates a Declaration of Interest scheme, and it was a requirement that all members of the development group completed a Declaration of Interest form on an annual basis for the duration of the project. Forms were submitted annually by all authors, and all have confirmed that none of their interests were linked to home oxygen and therefore this document.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.