Standards and accreditation updates

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To describe the minimum requirements for health service organisations’ compliance with Action 3.17 (formerly Action 3.14 in the 2017 NSQHS Standards) for reprocessing of reusable medical devices in health service organisations.

To clarify the requirements for accrediting agencies and general practices to request for extensions and appeals under the National General Practice Accreditation (NGPA) Scheme.

Do you work in pathology? Have you participated in the accreditation process for pathology laboratories?

The Commission invites you to join an online workshop on implementation of the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework. 

The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, in collaboration with the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) and the Commission, has re-issued the Requirements for supervision in the clinical governance of medical pathology laboratories (the Supervision Standard).

Register for our latest webinar on 8 August 2023.

The Commission has released a new Advisory DI 23/01: Revised Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) for Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography.

Presentation on short notice assessment for accreditation to the NSQHS Standards.

To describe the sampling methodology to be used by accrediting agencies when sampling multi-site digital mental health service providers at accreditation assessment.