This issue includes items on governance, health systems, and more.
Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality &Safety, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, American Journal of Medical Quality, Public Health Research & Practice, BMJ Leader and the UK’s NIHR and the USA’s AHRQ.
This issue includes items on the cleaning and disinfection of ultrasound transducers, digital health, and more.
Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality &Safety, Journal for Healthcare Quality, HealthcarePapers and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.
This fact sheet provides guidance on the storage and management of concentrated 80% phenol in Australian clinical settings, other than podiatry.
This issue includes items on medication safety, patient safety, co-design, surgery, second victim syndrome, 30-day mortality and more.
Also covered are the latest from Australian Health Review, JBI Evidence Synthesis, BMJ Quality &Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the USA’s AHRQ.
The Commission's Innovate RAP focuses on empowering and strengthening relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and piloting strategies for further reconciliation commitments.
To clarify the requirements for the transition between the 2017 Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection Standard of the National Safety and Quality Health Services (NSQHS) Standards and the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard.
Dhineli Perera speaks with Lee Fong, a medical advisor for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, about the need for a national clinical care standard for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
To describe the sampling methodology to be used by accrediting agencies when sampling health service organisations at accreditation assessment.
To clarify not applicable actions for BreastScreen Australia (BSA) Services implementing the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.
To describe the requirement for accrediting agencies to submit an annual declaration relating to conflicts of interest.