Where cosmetic surgery is performed in a Service already accredited to the NSQHS Standards, that Service will continue to be assessed to the NSQHS Standards but will also be required to implement 20 additional actions that are specific to cosmetic surgery. The 20 additional actions are highlighted in the Cosmetic Surgery Module.
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2024
Newsletter
This issue includes items on the TGA’s transition to paperless access for unapproved therapeutic goods, World Hand Hygiene Day, the WHO Patient Safety Rights Charter, prostate cancer, digital health equity, antipsychotics and dementia, antimicrobial stewardship, clinical guidelines, COVID-19, and more.
Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, and The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
2024
Media release
On World Hand Hygiene Day this Sunday 5 May, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) urges Australians to continue to practise good hand hygiene as the first-line defence to reduce the spread of harmful germs.
Practising good hand hygiene remains as important as ever, according to infectious diseases physician Professor Peter Collignon AM, Senior Medical Advisor for the Commission.
MEDIA RELEASE
On World Hand Hygiene Day this Sunday 5 May, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care urges Australians to continue to practise good hand hygiene as the first-line defence to reduce the spread of harmful germs.
CMO MESSAGE
On World Hand Hygiene Day this Sunday 5 May 2024, we recognise efforts across the globe to share knowledge about hand hygiene, and to reduce the spread of harmful germs.
- Conjoint Associate Professor Carolyn Hullick, Chief Medical Officer
Adjunct Professor Anna Thornton was appointed Chief Nursing Officer at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care in April 2024.
Have you registered for the online launch of Australia’s first standard for the use of psychotropic medicines in people with cognitive disability or impairment on 9 May?
2024
Fact sheet or brochure
This document maps the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards first edition with the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards (Primary and Community Healthcare Standards).
2024
Fact sheet or brochure
This fact sheet provides guidance for healthcare services and accrediting agencies on conducting desktop assessments.