Learn about the importance of documenting adverse reactions to antimicrobials, antibiotic allergy delabelling and what they mean for antimicrobial stewardship in this short video.  

Infectious diseases specialist Dr Kathryn Daveson discusses updates to the Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard in 2020. 

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new national Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards, extended consultation on the draft Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard, antimicrobial resistance, improvement in care and health systems, patient-reported medical errors in ambulatory care, readmissions, diagnostic excellence and more.

The Escalation Mapping Template (EMT) is a quality improvement tool to assess the efficacy of health service providers’ systems to recognise and respond to deterioration in a person’s mental state.

• Access the online version of the EMT

The Excel version of the EMT can be downloaded below.

On 30 November 2020, the Commission announced the introduction of Australia's first National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard, National Safety and Quality Primary Healthcare Standards, hospital worker behaviour, patient perceptions and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of BMJ Quality & Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Journal of Patient Safety, and Healthcare Policy, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR and the USA’s ARHQ.