The purpose of this checklist is to assist assessors when reviewing meeting minutes and other documentation during an assessment of clinical governance in a health service organisation. It provides a guide to the types of data that governing bodies should be reviewing.
This issue includes items on COVID-19, sepsis, acute behavioural disturbance antimicrobial prescribing, antimicrobial stewardship, dementia, pathology, stakeholder/consumer engagement, adverse drug events, medication safety, Clostridioides difficile, patient safety in prehospital care, and more.
This fact sheet for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples provides useful information on each step of a colonoscopy procedure, from referral through to the report after the procedure.
More than 50% of bowel cancer cases are due to modifiable lifestyle risk factors. The Commission has developed these user friendly bowel cancer prevention resources for consumers to identify actions that they can take to reduce their risk.
These resources aim to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients understand their rights, choices and what they need to do if they are referred for a colonoscopy.