Next week, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is releasing the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Care Standard.
CEO MESSAGE
On behalf of the Commission, I'm delighted to announce that we have signed an historic Joint Statement to reduce the health system’s carbon emissions.
- Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan, CEO
There's still time to secure your place at the National Medicines Symposium on 19 November 2024.
The Commission’s theme for IPC Week 2024, from 13 to 19 October, is ‘Move the needle on IPC by breaking the chain of infection!’
2024
Newsletter
This issue includes items on health impacts of climate change, medication safety, medication management at transitions of care, diagnostic safety, trauma, hip fracture, resilient health care, adverse events, COVID-19 and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Pediatric Quality & Safety, HealthcarePapers Health Affairs Scholar, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NIHR.
2024
Newsletter
This issue includes items on medication safety, real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM), safety culture and leadership, morbidity and mortality meetings, digital health, COVID-19 and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Journal of Patient Safety, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, BMJ Leader, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the USA’s AHRQ.
2024
Audit, monitoring or reporting tool
Assessment tools for clinicians to consider when making physical and functional and psychosocial assessments when diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis.
The Commission is proud to release the Medication without harm – WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge Status Report. This report highlights Australia’s significant progress towards reducing medication errors and adverse drug events, a critical goal of the WHO Global Health Challenge.
2024
Other resource
This quiz, with questions and the correct answers, is an activity that may be used as part of Infection Prevention and Control Week, which is 13 to 19 October 2024.
2024
Fact sheet or brochure
This fact sheet provides guidance on the appropriate use of gloves for healthcare workers, including information on environmental sustainability and the impact of inappropriate glove use on patient safety.