In November 2019, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Health Council made Quality Use of Medicines and Medicines Safety the 10th National Health Priority Area. The Commission was subsequently engaged to develop a national baseline report on the Quality Use of Medicines and Medicines Safety, with an initial focus on aged care. 

This issue includes items on COVID-19, medication safety including weight-based medication errors in children, medication safety in transition from ICU, non-conveyance of older patients, and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the draft Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard, Clostridioides difficile, Updated Principles of Infection Prevention and Control and Basics of Infection Prevention and Control eLearning modules, National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards, mental health of healthcare workers, medication errors and more.

This information sheet for pregnant women is about perineal tears. It explains how to reduce the risk of a third or fourth degree perineal tear during childbirth, written in Easy English with pictures.

If you have a third or fourth degree perineal tear during childbirth, this information sheet is about how to get better – written in Easy English with pictures.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights, hospital acquired complications, medication related hospital admissions and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of Australian Health Review, Future Leaders Communiqué and  and the Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet along with the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, antimicrobial resistance update, new Open Disclosure resources and more.

Also covered are the latest online papers from BMJ Safety & Quality and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This step-by-step brochure has been developed to assist staff with using the VTE prophylaxis section of the NIMC.