Information for you. Do I need to wear a face mask?

Information for you. Do I need to wear a face mask?

This resource provides guidance for organisations developing policies, procedures and protocols for preventing, screening, assessing, treating, monitoring and documenting pressure injuries.

The consultation has now closed. The Commission has reviewed the information received, which informed the finalisation of the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards for publication in 2021.

The purpose of this fact sheet is to describe how day procedure services can enhance consumers’ involvement in governance, design and performance-monitoring activities.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, clinical practice guidelines, patient safety events in the emergency department and more

Also covered are latest issues of Clinical Communiqué, Health Affairs and the Journal of Patients Experience, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, health literacy in children and youth, patient safety improvement, specialist referrals, Baby Friendly Health Initiative, supporting nurses and midwives, maternity care, accreditation and rights, rapid response teams, digital health and more

This issue includes items on COVID-19, diagnostic error, antimicrobial medicines dispensing, healthcare improvement, communication, telehealth, healthcare-associated infections (HAI), opioids, ED alarms, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and more.

Also covered are latest issues of BMJ Quality & Safety American and Health Expectations, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This report documents changes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) which occurred in Australia between 2000 to 2014.