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Using a risk management approach will provide health service organisations with a framework to assess and address risks identified in the organisation.

The guide was developed to support standardised national surveillance and reporting of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (HA-SABSI) by Australian hospitals. It supersedes the Commission's 2016 Implementation Guide for Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. 

This document provides instructions on troubleshooting the Hand Hygiene Compliance Application, using your Android device.

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.

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This guidance supports health service organisations with risk assessment in relation to COVID-19 and development a comprehensive Risk Management Plan.

This information sheet provides support to hospitals on how to analyse and use their SABSI surveillance data as part of a quality improvement approach. 

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 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. 

The release of the 2021 Implementation Guide for Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection contained a number of changes from the previous edition. A summary of these changes is provided in the information sheet.

There are a number of reasons why your learner profile may have been suspended. This document will provide you with information regarding what you need to do to take action regarding your learner profile in the National Hand Hygiene Initiative LMS.

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

This is an implementation guide to assist health service organisations to meeting the requirements of Action 3.11 Aseptic technique.