This Guide supports implementation of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards and supplements the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare for the aged care workforce and those providing care for older people. The Guide outlines the basic principles of infection prevention and control and explains how to apply these principles using a risk-based approach.

This issue includes items on partnering with consumers, decision support tools for antibiotic use, falls prevention, diagnosis, acute patient care principles, imaging, medication safety, aged care, clinical errors, remote patient monitoring, COVID-19, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, HealthcarePapers, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, and the UK’s NIHR and NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

The draft Framework for Australian clinical quality registries second edition (the Framework second edition), developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) with input from the CQR Framework Review Advisory Group, outlines the future state for Australian national CQRs, and provides guidance to support CQRs to work towards achieving best practice governance, logical design, security and privacy compliance, reporting and outlier measurement.

The NSQMI fact sheet addresses frequently asked questions about the National Safety and Quality Medical Imaging (NSQMI) Standards and the Australian Safety and Quality Medical Imaging Accreditation (ASQMIA) Scheme that will accompany the NSQMI Standards.