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On 17 August 2021, the Commission released the Cataract Clinical Care Standard.

The public consultation for the Guiding principles to achieve continuity in medication management is open until 11:59 AEDT Monday, 20 December 2021. A consultation paper has been developed to guide you through the proposed recommendations for updating the Guiding Principles.

A Topic Working Group was convened to provide advice to the Commission on this project. The group comprised individuals with relevant expertise in delirium, representatives of key stakeholder organisations as well as a consumer representative.

On 26 May 2021, the Commission released the Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard.

The consultation has now closed. 

On 24 November 2021, the Commission released the new national Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard.

On 28 April 2021, the Commission released the Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation.

This discussion paper was drafted to support public consultation on the use of opioid analgesics in emergency departments, perioperative and surgical services. The Commission was also interested in learning more about education and training for prescribers of opioid analgesics. Feedback from this consultation was used to inform the development of a National Opioid Analgesic Stewardship Program. 

Consultation is now closed.

On 9 September 2021, the Commission released the updated Delirium Clinical Care Standard (2021).

On 21 April 2021, the Commission announced the introduction of Australia's first Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard.

This graphic can be used for organisations to print on t-shirts if that is a local activity for Antimicrobial Awareness Week - courtesy of NPS MedicineWise.

On 27 August 2021, the Commission released the Fourth Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in human health (AURA 2021).