Hospital-acquired complications list

The national list of 16 HACs was developed through a comprehensive process that included:

The following organisations have endorsed the Clinical Care Standard:

Mapping variation is an invaluable tool for understanding how our healthcare system is providing care. Maps of variation in care, derived from information routinely gathered by the health system, show how healthcare use differs across the country and raise important questions about why

The Corporate Plan is updated annually, as part of the strategic planning activities of the Commission. The Commission reports on the key performance indicators and performance targets contained in the Corporate Plan in its Annual Report.

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Endorsing organisations

The Acute Coronary Syndromes Clinical Care Standard was endorsed by the following organisations: 

The following organisations have endorsed the 2020 Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard:

A Topic Working Group made up of individuals with expertise in the management of stroke, experience in the Australian healthcare system, as well as consumer representatives, was convened to provide clinical advice, expertise and input into the development of the standard in 2015.

Dedicated Healthdirect paediatric CT resources page

A study led by Professor John Mathews has indicated that there is a higher risk of a person developing cancer in later life if they were exposed to ionising radiation from a CT scan as a child.¹