As part of broader reforms to Australia’s cosmetic surgery industry agreed by Health Ministers in September 2022, a new set of standards has been released to focus specifically on improving the safety and quality of care for cosmetic surgery patients.
The new National Safety and Quality Cosmetic Surgery Standards (Cosmetic Surgery Standards) apply to cosmetic surgery involving cutting beneath the skin.
This fact sheet aims to assist health service organisations and clinicians understand and manage the safety issues related to a worldwide shortage of benzathine benzylpenicillin.
This Consensus Statement contains nine guiding principles and 10 essential elements for the delivery of safe and high-quality end-of-life care. Elements 1–5 relate to the way in which end-of-life care should be approached and delivered. Elements 6–10 relate to structural and organisational prerequisites for the effective delivery of safe and high-quality end-of-life care.
This resource provides information about antibiotic shortages for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers.
General information about antibiotic shortages for health professionals working in Aboriginal Medical Services or Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations.
This fact sheet provides information for consumers about antibiotic use and resistance and to help clinicians and consumers understand if they really need antibiotics.
Each year in Australia, hundreds of people die because they cannot be treated successfully for antimicrobial-resistant infections, and the situation is worsening globally with the increasing rates of resistance to many antibiotics.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is when bacteria develop mechanisms to resist the killing effects of antibiotics or antifungals, so these medicines stop working.