This poster can be displayed above hand washing sinks in your healthcare setting or workplace to show that there are five easy steps for hand washing.
Everyone can help to improve hand hygiene and reduce the spread of infection.
World Hand Hygiene Day is a global initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and held on 5 May each year. Show your support by downloading and sharing the content on your website, social networks or within your health service.
You are encouraged to use these resources to raise awareness about how hand hygiene can help save lives by preventing the spread of infection.
This factsheet provides an introduction to data validation for infection surveillance.
The Commission works on national improvements in safety and quality and we recognise that feedback is essential to improving care.
This fact sheet explains how to use the LASA Search tool.
CEO MESSAGE
On behalf of the Commission, I am delighted to welcome Professor Christine Kilpatrick AO as our new Board Chair for a five-year term.
- Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan, CEO
To provide guidance for accrediting agencies and general practices on implementing the new RACGP definition of a general practice for the purpose of accreditation.
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) welcomes the appointment of Professor Christine Kilpatrick AO as the Commission’s new Board Chair for a five-year term.
Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler MP, confirmed Professor Kilpatrick’s appointment as Commission Chair, effective 1 April 2024.
MEDIA RELEASE
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) welcomes the appointment of Professor Christine Kilpatrick AO as the Commission’s new Board Chair for a five-year term.