DHA - Home Healthcare Services (QMS), DHA-57

DHA-57 (2024) is the Dubai Health Authority standard for clinical care delivered in the patient's own residence across the Emirate. It governs licensed providers of in-home nursing, home-based physician visits, rehabilitation and long-term supportive care outside hospital and clinic settings. The standard concentrates on comprehensive patient assessment and individualised care planning, safe medication management in the home including reconciliation and storage, the competency and conduct of nurses and caregivers, infection prevention in non-facility environments, home-environment safety assessment, and coordinated communication between care team, patient and family.

The documentation is written for staff working alone in someone else's house. Procedures run from patient acceptance, assessment and care planning through home visit and care delivery, medication management, infection control, incident reporting, discharge, referral and transfer, emergency preparedness, equipment management, credentialing, audit, CAPA and complaints handling. Field records match: home environment and safety assessment, individualised care plan, home visit progress note, medication administration record and discharge plan. Checklists cover the nursing bag, the emergency kit, hand hygiene, medication safety and an internal audit mapped to DHA ST-57, all editable to your staffing and patient population.