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Summary of advisories, fact sheets and guides

A summary of advisories, fact sheets and guides that relate to specific actions in the NSQHS Standards.

Clinical Governance Standard

ActionAdvisoryFact sheetGuide
1.01N/A

NSQHS Standards Roles and responsibilities for governing bodies
(Published 2019) 

Fact Sheet 7: Governing body attestation statement
(Published 2024)

NSQHS Standards Checklist for assessors - Reviewing information accessed and actioned by the governing body
(Published 2021)

National Model Clinical Governance Framework
(Published 2017)

NSQHS Standards User guide for governing bodies
(Published 2019)

National Clinical Trials Governance Framework and User Guide
(Published 2022)

1.02
1.04
1.21
1.33

links with

2.13
5.08

AS18/04: Advice on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific actions
(Version 3.0. April 2020)

AS18/01: Advice on not applicable actions
(Version 11.0 June 2025)

NSQHS Standards Identifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
(Published 2019)

National Survey on Cultural Safety Training
(Published 2022)

NSQHS Standards User guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
(Published 2017)
1.11Advisory AS25/01: Mandatory reporting of medical device adverse events
(Version 1.0 December 2025)		  
1.12  

The Australian Open Disclosure Framework
(Published 2014)

Open disclosure webpage with templates, tools and guides

1.17
1.18		Advisory AS18/11: Implementing systems that can provide clinical information into the My Health Record system
(Version 6.0. February 2024)		  
1.23
1.24		 NSQHS Standards Training requirements for credentialed practitioners
(Published 2019)

Credentialing and defining scope of practice - guidance for health professionals and clinicians
(Published 2026) 

Credentialing and defining scope of practice - factsheet
(Published 2026)

1.23
1.24
1.27b
1.28a

AS18/12: Implementing the Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard
(Version 3.0. September 2025)

AS18/12: Implementing the Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard - Attachment 1 providers and responsibilities

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1.27 Fact Sheet 11: Applicability of Clinical Care Standards
(Published 2023)		Clinical Care Standards
1.28  NSQHS Standards User Guide for the Review of Clinical Variation in Health Care
(Published 2021)

Partnering with Consumers Standard

Action(s)AdvisoryFact sheetGuide
2.03  

Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights
(Published 2020)

Webpage content that includes the Charter in different languages and formats

2.04AS18/10: Informed financial consent
(Version 3.0 November 2021)		Informed Consent - Practical guidance for clinicians
(Published 2026)

A better way to care (Second edition)
Published 2019

Webpage content on informed consent that includes information for clinicians, patients and substitute decision makers

2.11 NSQHS Standards - Involving consumers in governance, design and performance-monitoring activities
(Published 2020)		NSQHS Standards User Guide for Measuring and Evaluating Partnering with Consumers
(Published 2018)

Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard

Action(s)AdvisoryFact sheetGuide

3.02
3.10

Links with

1.20

AS22/02: Advice on organisational training requirements for hand hygiene and infection prevention and control
(Version 1.0. August 2022)		 Hand hygiene and infection prevention and control eLearning modules
3.06
3.12
3.13
3.16		  Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare
3.10
AS 23/01: Advice on national hand hygiene audit period 2
(Version 1.0 June 2023)		  
3.13 

Fact sheet: Action 3.13 Clean and safe environment
(Published 2023)

Fact sheet: Principles of environmental cleaning product selection
(Published 2023)

Fact sheet: Principles of environmental cleaning auditing
(Published 2023)

 
3.15 NSQHS Standards Workforce Immunisation Risk Matrix
Published 2023)		 
3.17Advisory AS24/01: National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards requirements for reprocessing of reusable medical devices in health service organisations
(Version 1.0 November 2024) 		  
3.18
3.19		AS18/08: Antimicrobial stewardship and surgical prophylaxis
(Version 2.0 July 2021)		 Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard
(Published 2020)

Medication Safety Standard

Action(s)AdvisoryFact sheetGuide
4.01
4.06
4.07
4.08		 Fact Sheet: National Inpatient Medication Chart (NIMC) for Day Procedure Services
(Published July 2024)		 

Comprehensive Care Standard

Action(s)AdvisoryFact sheetGuide
5.08 NSQHS Standards Identifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
(Published 2020)		 
5.04
5.07
5.13
5.14		 Oral health care for adult inpatients: Fact sheet
(Published 2023)		Oral health care for adult inpatients: Recommendations
(Published 2023)
5.07
5.10		  

    
Essential element 1: Clinical assessment and diagnosis - Key actions for clinicians
(Published 2019)

Essential element 1: Clinical assessment and diagnosis - Key actions for health services
(Published 2019)

Essential element 3: Risk screening and assessment - Key actions for health services, clinicians and accrediting agencies
(Published 2026)

5.13Advisory AS18/15: Comprehensive Care Standard: Developing the comprehensive care plan
(Version 6.0. June 2024)		NSQHS Standards Identifying patient goals of care in day procedure services
(Published 2019)		Essential element 2: Identifying goals of care - Tips for clinicians
(Published 2019)
5.15
5.16
5.17
5.18
5.19
5.20		  National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for safe and high-quality end-of-life care (Published 2023)

5.29b
5.30

Links with

8.05

  NSQHS Standards user guide for health service organisations providing care for patients with cognitive impairment or at risk of delirium
(Published 2019)
5.21a
5.22
5.23		 NSQHS Standards - Preventing pressure injuries and wound management
(Published 2020)		 

Blood Management Standard

Action(s)AdvisoryFact sheetGuide
7.04
7.05
7.06 		 Implementing a Single Unit Blood Transfusion Policy
(Published June 2024)		 

Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration Standard

Action(s)AdvisoryFact sheetGuide
8.05
8.06 b, c, d and e
8.12		  

NSQHS Standards User guide for health services providing care for people with mental health issues
(Published 2018)

National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for recognising and responding to acute physiological deterioration (third edition)
(Published 2021)

National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for recognising and responding to deterioration in a person's mental state
(Published 2017)

Last updated: 29 May 2026