Indicator specifications
The definitions required to collect and calculate indicator data are specified in the Metadata Online Registry (METeOR).
2022
Corporate
On 21 March 2022, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission have launched the Joint Statement on the important issue of inappropriate use of psychotropic medicines with people with disability and older people as a form of restrictive practice, and committed to collaborative action to reduce it.
Translations
2022
Fact sheet
To provide certainty for general practices, and facilitate accreditation assessments proceeding where possible, provisions for accreditation assessments will apply during 2022.
2022
Fact sheet
Developed by the Commission and endorsed by the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists this factsheet summarises the identification of neural route medicines, fluids and lines as described in the National standard for user-applied labelling of injectable medicines, fluids and lines.
2022
Guide, user guide or guidelines
A practical resource to help digital mental health services implement the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards.
What do clinicians need to know?
Hospital emergency departments and surgical services are common sources of opioid analgesic prescribing for acute pain, and are key risk areas for initiation of ongoing use.
The quality statements in the Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard describe the key components of patient care.