National Medicines Symposium 2024 focused on the appropriate use of medicines in an ageing population. Experts gathered to discuss strategies for enhancing medication safety, reducing polypharmacy and medication-related harm, and improving the quality of life for older Australians.
To describe the minimum compliance requirements within Action 3.17 for health service organisations that reprocess reusable medical devices (RMDs).
This advisory describes the minimum requirements for primary and community healthcare services to comply with Action 3.13 of the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.
On the Radar Issue 674 is now available.
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is celebrating 10 years of Clinical Care Standards in Australia and has called for submissions from health services about best practice use of the Standards (submissions now closed).
2024
Newsletter
This issue includes items on World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week (WAAW), new translations of the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights, rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, mental health, diagnosis, surgery, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Journal for Healthcare Quality, Health Affairs, Health Affairs Scholar and the UK’s NICE.
The full program for the National Medicines Symposium 2024 is live.
Today, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care released the NSQHS Standards User Guide for the Health Care of People with Intellectual Disability.
On the Radar Issue 673 is now available.