The application closing date for this round is COB Friday 20 May 2024.
2024
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The Commission is seeking suitably qualified accrediting agencies to assess under the Australian Health Service Safety and Quality Accreditation (AHSSQA) Scheme the following standards:
The Commission is working with state and territory governments to ensure cosmetic surgery is conducted in appropriately licensed facilities that are accredited to national safety and quality standards, such as the Cosmetic Surgery Standards.
2024
Fact sheet
The Cosmetic Surgery Module has been designed to be implemented with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. The module is only intended for Services who already implement the NSQHS Standards.
2024
Fact sheet
This document maps the National Safety and Quality Cosmetic Surgery Standards (Cosmetic Surgery Standards) with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. The purpose of the document is to assist service providers who are already assessed to the NSQHS Standards to implement the Cosmetic Surgery Standards.
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
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