Resource library

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.

This guide provides the healthcare workforce with a concise overview of the incident management process and its underlying principles.

This document provides a discussion guide and checklist to ensure patients who have experienced anaphylaxis are safely discharged from care. 

A Topic Working Group has been convened to provide advice to the Commission on this standard. The group is comprised of individuals with relevant expertise and clinical experience as well as consumer representatives.

List of nominated jurisdictional contacts for the Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard.

This guide is designed to assist health service managers implement the Australian Open Disclosure Framework.

This resource provides ‘just-in-time’ information for clinicians and healthcare providers who participate in open disclosure.

The NSQHS Standards User Guide for Health Service Organisations Providing Care to People from Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds aims to support health service organisations to implement the NSQHS Standards and provide safe and high-quality care that meets the needs of people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

Applicants should read the document titled Policy - Approval under the Australian Health Service Safety and Quality Accreditation (AHSSQA) Scheme to conduct assessments before completing this application form.

This document provides guidance from the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) on the use of point of care testing to support increased testing demand for SARS-CoV-2 during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.

The technical specifications provide guidance to assist organisations to implement the Australian Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (A-HSOPS 2.0) in a consistent manner. 

A list of members for the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard Topic Working Group. 

By implementing the six end-of life care actions in the Comprehensive Care Standard, health service organisations are laying the foundations to support the delivery of safe and high-quality end-of-life care that is person-centred and comprehensively meets the needs of the patient. These six actions can be linked to the 10 essential elements of the Consensus Statements. This resource sets out some suggested implementation strategies.

The Commission assembled the Sepsis Program Oversight Group (SPOG) to provide oversight to the National Sepsis Program.

The Commission convened the National Sepsis Clinical Reference Group (NSCRG) to provide specialist clinical and technical advice to the National Sepsis Program.

A list of Topic Working Group members for the Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard. 

The Multi-Purpose Services Aged Care Module (the MPS Aged Care Module) has been developed by the Commission in collaboration with the Australian Government, state and territory departments of health, and the Commission’s Multi-Purpose Services Project Advisory Committee. The MPS Aged Care Module describes, in six actions, the requirements of the Aged Care Quality Standards not covered by the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. It is only applicable to eligible MPS and was endorsed by the Australian Health Minister’s Advisory Council on 7 February 2020.

The purpose of this document is to provide practical guidance for managers and clinicians responsible for credentialing, and for determining and managing a clinician’s scope of clinical practice. This guide supports but does not replace or supersede state, territory or organisational policies, by-laws or rules on credentialing.

The User Guide supports health services  to implement Action 1.28 of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards. It explains how health services and their clinicians can use data to improve the appropriateness of clinical care. It includes a suite of case studies that take users through the six steps of reviewing clinical variation data to improve processes and care.

• Access the online version of the User Guide

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.

This guide has been designed to help you when things don’t go to plan in your health care. It will also be useful if something hasn’t gone to plan in the care of a relative, friend, or someone you care for.

This guide talks about health services (including hospitals) and doctors and nurses, but also covers health care provided in other health facilities and by other healthcare providers.

This guide explains what the 10 elements for safe and high-quality end-of-life care mean for you as a patient, and for families, carers and consumers.

This resource is designed to assist clinicians and healthcare providers apologise or express regret in accordance with the Australian Open Disclosure Framework.