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2024
Newsletter

This issue includes items on the new revised Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard, the Antimicrobial use in the community: 2023 report, infectious disease, pharmacy, general practice, test results, medication errors, COVID-19, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Pediatric Quality & Safety, JBI Evidence Synthesis, and International Journal for Quality in Health Care along with the UK’s NICE.

Today the Commission has released a revised Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard (2024), offering the latest guidance on how to proactively manage the condition to ease symptoms, including pain, joint stiffness and reduced mobility.

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The quality statements for the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard are based on best available evidence and guideline recommendations at the time of development. This summary describes the relevance of each evidence source to the quality statements.

By supporting the dissemination and implementation of the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard, primary health networks (PHNs) will contribute to reducing:

National safety and quality standards and accreditation

Monitoring the implementation of clinical care standards helps healthcare services to meet some of the requirements of the:

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