NDIS Practice Standards
Module 1: High intensity daily personal activities
m1-8.1 Subcutaneous injections: participant-involved plan with dosage calculation
Clause and reference m1-8.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Each participant is involved in assessing and developing the plan for their subcutaneous injections, including dosage measurement and calculation; with consent, an appropriately qualified health practitioner reviews their health status regularly and in good time; and the plan sets out how risks, incidents and emergencies are managed, including required actions and escalation.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Subcutaneous injection plan with dosage calculation instructions, such as an insulin sliding scale
- Blood glucose or other monitoring records
- Double-check records for calculated doses
- Hypoglycaemia or adverse reaction escalation steps
What assessors commonly find
- Dose calculation steps unclear or not double-checked
- No escalation steps for low blood glucose
What evidence do I need?
For m1-8.1 Subcutaneous injections: participant-involved plan with dosage calculation, the evidence to bring is: Subcutaneous injection plan with dosage calculation instructions, such as an insulin sliding scale. It sits under Module 1: High intensity daily personal activities and our reference for it is m1-8.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me subcutaneous injection plan with dosage calculation instructions, such as an insulin sliding scale, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading