Recent publications and resources

The Commission is proposing changes to the accreditation of medical imaging practices. The Australian Safety and Quality Medical Imaging Accreditation (ASQMIA) Scheme proposal describes the accreditation framework components, including cycle length, types of assessment notification, the assessment cycle, assessment methodology and its application to different kinds of imaging practices.

These are the Terms of Reference for the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards Project Advisory Committee (the Committee), which provides advice to the Commission on the development of the NSQHS Standards (third edition). 

The Committee is guided by the aims of the NSQHS Standards to provide a structured framework to ensure nationally consistent safety and quality systems are in place to deliver high-quality care.

This 1-page editable PDF outlines the range of cognitive, psychological and physical symptoms that people may experience after sepsis. The tool is designed to enable clinicians to recognise post sepsis syndrome and support holistic care planning and recovery.

A companion to the Primary Care Screening Tool, this editable PDF outlines the time critical actions that should be taken by primary care clinicians when they suspect that a patient has sepsis. It includes a checklist to record what actions have been take and when.

An editable PDF designed to support primary care clinicians to assess patients who have signs or symptoms of infection for sepsis. The resource outlines key risk factors for adult, maternal and paediatric sepsis.

The 2024 annual report provides the results of analyses of data on confirmed critical antimicrobial resistances (CARs) submitted to the National Alert System for Critical Antimicrobial Resistances (CARAlert) for 2024, and trend data from 2017.

- Released May 2025

RACGP Standards for general practices (5th edition) indicators where improvements were required by general practices before accreditation was awarded under the National General Practice Accreditation (NGPA) Scheme.

This Communiqué provides an update on the seventh meeting of the National Sepsis Program Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

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This Communiqué provides an update on the sixth meeting of the National Sepsis Program Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).