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Accreditation under the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme (DIAS) ensures that diagnostic imaging practices meet nationally recognised standards for safety and quality, giving patients confidence in their care.

These Guidelines replace the 2017 publication titled the National Guidelines for On-Screen Presentation of Discharge Summaries. 

This communiqué summarises the final meeting of the National Sepsis Program Extension. It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

This communiqué provides an update on the ninth meeting of the National Sepsis Program Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension). 

Diabetes is one of Australia’s most pressing and complex health challenges, affecting more than 1.5 million people and contributing to long-term complications, hospitalisations and premature deaths. The National Medicines Symposium 2025, hosted by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, will explore this issue under the theme ‘Quality use of medicines in people with diabetes’.

The Commission is seeking feedback on the revised National Pathology Standard from the pathology workforce and consumers. The National Pathology Standard has been developed to protect the public from harm and improve the quality of pathology services by describing a nationally consistent safety and quality framework.

The public consultation closes on 8 December 2025.

This fact sheet outlines the National Pathology Standard (the Pathology Standard), including its key components, how assessments will be conducted against it, and the process behind its development.

You are invited to provide feedback to the Commission, addressing all or any of the following questions. Your input will help shape the standard.

The public consultation closes on 8 December 2025.

This paper provides an overview on how you can participate in the National Pathology Standard consultation.

The public consultation closes on 8 December 2025.

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The Commission has released a landmark Sepsis Epidemiology Report, offering the most comprehensive national analysis to date of hospital-treated sepsis in Australia. Drawing on more than 900,000 hospitalisations from 2013–14 to 2022–23, the report confirms that sepsis is more widespread, deadly, and costly than previously understood, with over 84,000 sepsis hospitalisations in 2022–23 alone.

This interactive PDF illustrates the Coordination of care and post-sepsis support - Model of Care Framework to support local conversations about the sepsis patient journey and the quality and safety improvement opportunities across transitions of care.

This Model of Care Framework describes the principles and processes to support local conversations about what is needed to strengthen quality and safety and drive continuous improvement in sepsis care coordination and post sepsis support.

This business case highlights how investment in sepsis coordination and post-sepsis support aligns with the delivery of the National Health Reform Agreement and can contribute to the reduction in avoidable sepsis readmissions.

This report is a companion document which describes how the model of care and business case were developed and outlines the evidence used to underpin statements and claims. It also provides case examples to illustrate how the model may be implemented.

The Annual Report 2024-25 provides an overview of our performance, governance arrangements, organisational structure and financial statements for the past financial year.

This document provides the answers to the consumer quiz that can be used for activities with consumers during World AMR Awareness Week.

This document provides the answers to the clinician quiz that can be used for activities with clinicians during World AMR Awareness Week. 

This document includes questions for activities with consumers during World AMR Awareness Week.

This document includes questions for activities with clinicians during World AMR Awareness Week. 

This resource is to support clinicians and health service organisations with ideas for local World AMR Awareness Week activities. It is most suitable for the acute care environment but could be adapted for primary care settings. 

This poster can be printed and displayed to promote World AMR Awareness Week. 

This PowerPoint presentation has been designed to support clinicians in their discussions with consumers about antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial use in the community and World AMR Awareness Week, and to increase overall awareness of these important issues. 

This PowerPoint resource provides clinicians with a range of information to support the preparation of presentations for World AMR Awareness Week. 

This graphic can be used as branding on a range of documents for resources to support World AMR Awareness Week activities. 

This quiz, with questions and the correct answers, is an activity that may be used as part of Infection Prevention and Control Week, which is held every year in the third week of October.

This presentation is a framework for building a local infection prevention and control (IPC) presentation about risk assessment and management in IPC.

A fact sheet and referral template outlining key components of a comprehensive referral, as described in Quality Statement 1 of the Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard (2025).

The Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard includes specific requirements for informed consent in alignment with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.

Certification (of training) and Re-certification (of ongoing competency) in colonoscopy are mandatory for all practitioners working in health service organisations being assessed to the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (second edition).