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- The Core Maternity Indicators Project - January 2007 (PDF 1917 KB)
Prepared by Women's Hospitals Australasia, with funding from the the Australian Council on Safety and Quality in Health Care. - Maximising National Effectiveness To Reduce Harm and Improve Care (PDF 1901 KB)
- Maximising National Effectiveness To Reduce Harm and Improve Care - Executive Summary (PDF 541 KB)
- Measurement for Improvement Toolkit - Final Draft (PDF 2057 KB)
- Media Release 10/01/2005 - One Million Dollars To Improve Patient Safety (PDF 155 KB)
- A Draft Model for Medical Registration - for consultation (PDF 132 KB)
- Medication Alert! - Intravenous Potassium Chloride can be fatal if given inappropriately (PDF 249 KB)
- Medication Alert! - Vincristine can be fatal if administered by the intrathecal route (PDF 113 KB)
- Medication Safety - Improvement Toolkit (PDF 2270 KB)
- Medication Safety - Improvement Toolkit 2 (PDF 2238 KB)
- Medication Safety - Pharmaceutical Review: Improving Medication Safety in Hospitals - Fact Sheet (PDF 241 KB)
- Medication Safety - Project Chronicle (PDF 914 KB)
- Medication Safety - Team Showcase (PDF 1885 KB)
- Minimum data set for safety and quality - Fact Sheet (PDF 68 KB)
- Multi-Resistant Organism Screening and Clearance Recommendations (PDF 200 KB)
- Multi-Resistant Organism (MRO) Surveillance Indicator Definitions (PDF 239 KB)
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- National Action Plan 2001 - Safety and Quality Council (PDF 157 KB)
- National Action Plan 2002 - Safety and Quality Council (PDF 185 KB)
- National Action Plan Update 2003 (PDF 2407 KB)
- National Guidelines for Credentials and Clinical Privileges (PDF 406 KB)
- National Medication Chart (PDF 115 KB)
- National Inpatient Medication Chart Pilot - Aggregate Data Report (PDF 317 KB)
- National Inpatient Medication Chart - Guidelines for use (PDF 1359 KB)
- National Medication Chart - Summary Rationale (PDF 70 KB)
- National Report on Qualified Privilege (PDF 470 KB)
- National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (PDF 3731 KB)
- National Strategy to Address Health Care Associated Infections - Report (PDF 481 KB)
- National Strategy to Address Health Care Associated Infections - Cover Sheet for Operational Template/Facility (Word 155 KB)
- National Strategy to Address Health Care Associated Infections - Hand Hygiene template (PDF 178 KB)
- National Strategy to Address Health Care Associated Infections Operational Template - Additional Precautions (PDF 153 KB)
- National Strategy to Address Health Care Associated Infections Operational Template - Aseptic Technique (PDF 161 KB)
- National Strategy to Address Health Care Associated Infections Operational Template - Management of Intravascular Devices (PDF 165 KB)
- National Strategy to Address Health Care Associated Infections Operational Template - Outbreak Management (PDF 159 KB)
- National Strategy to Address Health Care Associated Infections Operational Template - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (PDF 162 KB)
- National Strategy to Address Health Care Associated Infections Operational Template - Standard Precautions (PDF 154 KB)
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The following Open Disclosure publications produced by the Former Council are available on the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care's Open Disclosure resource page.
- Open Disclosure - Checklist for Multidisciplinary Team Discussion, High Level Incident
- Open Disclosure Standard: A National Standard for Open Communication in Public and Private Hospitals, Following an Adverse Event in Health Care
- Open Disclosure - Health Care Professionals Handbook
- Open Disclosure - Information Card
- Open Disclosure - Information for Patients
- Open Disclosure - Managers Handbook
- Open Disclosure - National Open Disclosure Standard - Fact Sheet
- Open Disclosure - Organisational Readiness Assessment Tool
- Open Disclosure - Poster
- Open Disclosure - What is it about? - Poster 1
- Open Disclosure - What is it about - Poster 2
- Open Disclosure - Workshop Facilitators Handbook
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