Advisories
Advisories are formal guidance documents that explain how to interpret or assess our National Safety and Quality Standards and other standards developed under the accreditation schemes we operate. They help health services, accrediting agencies and assessors understand critical information about standards and accreditation. Advisories are routinely reviewed, and revisions are summarised in the notes section of the relevant advisory.
NSQHS Standards
- Advisory AS18/01: Advice on not applicable actions - last updated 15 September 2025
- Advisory AS18/02: Interim accreditation for newly established health service organisations - last updated June 2020
- Advisory AS18/04: Advice on the applicability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific actions - last updated April 2020
- Advisory AS18/05: Transferring between accrediting agencies - last updated October 2025
- Advisory AS18/06: Accreditation assessment requirements of health service organisations post significant clinical or governance review - last updated 2 April 2025
- Advisory AS18/08: Antimicrobial stewardship and surgical prophylaxis - last updated 26 July 2021
- Advisory AS18/09: Notification of significant risk - last updated 29 March 2023
- Advisory AS18/10: Informed financial consent - last updated November 2021
- Advisory AS18/11: Implementing systems that can provide clinical information into the My Health Record system - last updated 21 February 2024
- Advisory AS18/12: Implementing the Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard - last updated September 2025
- Advisory AS18/13: Sampling for accreditation assessment - last updated June 2020
- Advisory AS18/14: Comprehensive Care Standard: Screening and assessment for risk of harm - last updated 15 December 2022
- Advisory AS18/15: Comprehensive Care Standard: Developing the comprehensive care plan - last updated June 2024
- Advisory AS21/01: Implementing the Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard - last updated May 2021
- Advisory AS21/03: Annual Declaration Relating to Conflicts of Interest - last updated July 2021
- Advisory AS21/04: Provisional accreditation to the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards for primary and community healthcare services - last updated 14 December 2022
- Advisory AS22/02: Advice on organisational training requirements for hand hygiene and infection prevention and control - last updated August 2022
- Advisory AS22/03: Advice on not applicable actions for BreastScreen Australia Services - last updated August 2022
- Advisory AS22/04: Cultural Safety Training for Assessors - last updated 1 December 2022
- Advisory AS23/01: Advice on national hand hygiene audit period 2 - last updated 20 June 2023
- Advisory AS23/02: Advice on not applicable actions for Ambulance Health Services - last updated June 2023
- Advisory AS24/01: National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards requirements for reprocessing of reusable medical devices in health service organisations - last updated 11 November 2024
- Advisory AS25/01: Mandatory reporting of medical device adverse events - last updated December 2025
Primary and Community Healthcare Standards
- Advisory PCHS24/01: Requirements for reprocessing of reusable medical devices in practices - last updated 11 November 2024
- Advisory PCHS25/01: Advice on not applicable actions for private dental practices - last updated 31 July 2025
- Advisory PCHS26/01: Sampling for assessments - last updated March 2026
- Advisory PCHS26/02: Advice on not applicable actions - last updated March 2026
- Advisory PCHS26/03: Notification of significant risk - last updated March 2026
- Advisory PCHS26/04: Requests for extensions and appeals - last updated March 2026
- Advisory PCHS26/05: Transitioning between accrediting agencies - last updated March 2026
- Transitioning from AS/NZS 4815:2006 to AS 5369:2023 - last updated August 2024
Digital Mental Health Standards
- Advisory D23/01: Sampling for assessments to the Digital Mental Health Standards - last updated August 2025
- Advisory D25/01: Advice on not applicable actions for the Digital Mental Health Standards - last updated 29 August 2025
- Advisory D25/02: Notification of significant risk for the Digital Mental Health Standards - last updated August 2025
- Advisory D25/03: Assessment requirements of digital mental health service providers post significant clinical or technical governance review - last updated August 2025
- Advisory D25/04: Transitioning between accrediting agencies for the Digital Mental Health Standards - last updated August 2025
Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations
- Advisory CMO 24/01: Not applicable actions in the NSQMHCMO Standards - last updated 26 September 2024
- Advisory CMO 25/02: Notification of significant risk - last updated 10 July 2025
- Advisory CMO 25/03: Sampling for accreditation assessment - last updated 10 July 2025
Cosmetic Surgery Standards
- Advisory CS25/01: Notification of significant risk - last updated 19 February 2025
- Advisory CS25/02: Advice on not applicable actions for the Cosmetic Surgery Standards - last updated 4 June 2025
National Clinical Trials Governance Framework
- Advisory CT25/01: Extension of the Maturity Rating Scale for Clinical Trial Service Assessments against NCTGF - last updated September 2025
Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme
- Advisory DI21/03: Requirements for comparison with national diagnostic reference levels - last updated April 2025
- Advisory DI21/04: Disinfection requirements for reusable medical devices - last updated October 2025
- Advisory DI21/05: Clarification of consent requirements - last updated 24 January 2025
- Advisory DI21/06: Clarification of the required evidence for an equipment service provider’s qualifications and licences - last updated 2024
- Advisory DI21/07: Evidence requirements for optimised radiation technique charts - last updated 2024
- Advisory DI21/08: Medication management - For imaging associated with surgical and interventional procedures - last updated March 2024
- Advisory DI23/01: Revised Diagnostic Reference Levels for Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography - last updated 3 July 2023
- Advisory DI25/01: Diagnostic imaging practices transferring between accrediting agencies - last updated 24 January 2025
- Advisory DI25/02: Diagnostic reference levels for multi detector computed tomography - last updated July 2025
National General Practice Accreditation Scheme
- Advisory GP18/02: Transferring accreditation between accrediting agencies - last updated 24 October 2023, reviewed October 2025
- Advisory GP18/04: Notification of significant risk - last updated 4 September 2024
- Advisory GP21/01: Point-of-care testing for general practices - last updated 24 October 2023, reviewed October 2025
- Advisory GP23/02: Requests for extensions and appeals - last updated 10 October 2024
- Advisory GP23/03: Standardised repeat assessment of general practices - last updated 4 September 2024
- Advisory GP24/01: Assessment following relocation of physical premises by an accredited general practice - last updated 5 September 2024
- Advisory GP25/01: Registration under the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme - last updated October 2025
National Pathology Accreditation Scheme
- Advisory PA22/02: Structured reporting of COVID-19 text message results - last updated 22 March 2022