Risks to patients

Evidence suggests that  patient safety risks are associated with the use of patient identification bands. These risks include:

History

Use of labels

The labels listed on this page are for:

Use of posters

The posters group labels according to intended route of administration and are available in PDF and Word formats. They may be altered to reflect the mix of labels needed in specific clinical areas.

Overview

These guidelines support health service organisations to meet the requirements of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, particularly the Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard.

Contents

The 2021 National Consensus Statement outlines the:

Overview

The Commission provides a range of eLearning modules free of charge to support health service organisations to implement infection prevention and control and hand hygiene workforce training. These include:

The National Clinical Handover Initiative Pilot Program involved 56 hospitals in six jurisdictions, including primary and aged care services.

Pilot Program outcomes

Tools and solutions developed through the pilot program included:

HAI surveillance programs enable hospitals to monitor the outcomes of current practice and provide timely feedback to clinicians to ensure practice improvement and better patient outcomes.

Surveillance topics

Australian Open Disclosure Framework

The framework is designed to enable health service organisations and clinicians to communicate openly with patients when health care does not go to plan.