This factsheet highlights the issues surrounding antimicrobial use in older people and provides information for older people, their families and their carers.
The release of the 2021 Implementation Guide for Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection contained a number of changes from the previous edition. A summary of these changes is provided in the information sheet.
This issue includes items on COVID-19, wrong site surgery, patient identification, maternity care, safety culture, walk rounds and more.
Also covered are the latest issues of Public Health Research & Practice, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy and Health Affairs, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.
The Commission has developed a range of templates to support hospitals implementing the A-HSOPS 2.0. These can be modified to meet hospitals’ needs.
Templates
This section provides advice on feedback, action planning and improvement strategies. This information can be used to support the use of the data collected through any patient safety culture improvement project.