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The Commission is now operating in accordance with the Caretaker ConventionsExternal link pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.

Purpose

To ensure access to timely and appropriate antimicrobial treatment for consumers with suspected life-threatening infections that can lead to sepsis1, septic shock, bacterial meningitis, febrile neutropenia or necrotising fasciitis, when clinically appropriate.

Goals of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard

To ensure the appropriate use and review of antimicrobials to optimise patient outcomes, lessen the harms of adverse effects and reduce the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.

Patients are potentially at risk of acquiring, and transmitting, infectious conditions to other patients and healthcare workers. Patients should be assessed on, and during admission, to ensure that their bed allocation is both appropriate and timely.

2020
Fact sheet or brochure

This fact sheet gives digital mental health service providers an explanation of the Model of Care Standard; why it is important; how service providers can meet this standard and what can be done to implement this standard to assure the delivery of safe, effective, integrated, high quality and continuously improving digital mental health services.

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