A companion to the Primary Care Screening Tool, this tool outlines the time critical actions that should be taken by primary care clinicians when they suspect that a patient has sepsis. It includes a checklist to record what actions have been take and when.
This tool is designed to support primary care clinicians to assess patients who have signs or symptoms of infection for sepsis. The resource outlines key risk factors for adult, maternal and paediatric sepsis.
The Commission will analyse the feedback received during the consultation period and continue to work with stakeholders on the development of the ASQMIA Scheme.
The 2024 annual report provides the results of analyses of data on confirmed critical antimicrobial resistances (CARs) submitted to the National Alert System for Critical Antimicrobial Resistances (CARAlert) for 2024, and trend data from 2017.
Released May 2025
The Commission has developed a fact sheet on the storage and management of concentrated 80% phenol in Australian medical imaging service.
Variation in itself is not necessarily bad, and it can be good if it reflects health services responding to differences in patient preferences or underlying needs.
RACGP Standards for general practices (5th edition) indicators where improvements were required by general practices before accreditation was awarded under the National General Practice Accreditation (NGPA) Scheme.
On the Radar Issue 694 is now available.
Each year on 5 May, health organisations across the world rally to share knowledge about hand hygiene on World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD).
This issue includes items on World Hand Hygiene Day, patient safety, improvement, fatigue, continuity and co-ordination of care, workarounds, voluntary assisted dying, guidance, and more.
Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Australian Prescriber, Nursing Leadership, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Patient Experience Journal, Healthcare Policy, Health Policy, American Journal of Medical Quality, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NICE and NIHR the USA’s AHRQ.