Resource library

This step-by-step brochure has been developed to assist staff with using the VTE prophylaxis section of the NIMC. 

This survey aims to provide acute care facilities with a tool for evaluating staff perceptions of the rapid response system.

This fact sheet provides users with information on the alignment of the actions and criteria from the 2017 Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infections Standard (2017 Standard) to the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard (2021 Standard).

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other organisations working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District uses to partner with consumers.

This is a factsheet that outlines the principles of aseptic technique. This factsheet has been developed to support healthcare workers who carry out procedures that require aseptic technique.

This fact sheet for pharmacists summarises requirements for claiming eligible PBS and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) medicines from the PBS HMC.   

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

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other organisations working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that Riverland General Hospital and Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network uses to partner with consumers.

This fact sheet for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples provides useful information on each step of a colonoscopy procedure, from referral through to the report after the procedure. 

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other organisations working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that Alpine Health uses to partner with consumers.

This checklist is to assist assessors when reviewing medication safety actions for organisations using paper-based National Standard Medication Charts (NSMC).

This case study describes a collaborative approach to reducing inappropriate postoperative topical antibiotic use, supporting the launch of the Cataract Clinical Care Standard.

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other health services working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Local Health District uses to partner with consumers.

Antibiograms are tables of antimicrobial susceptibilities compiled according to a specific set of standards. The information provided supports clinicians working with their local antimicrobial stewardship teams to improve clinical practice in regard to infections. 

This book tells you how to find good health information online.

On 12 October 2021, the Commission released the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.

This brochure provides information for consumers regarding infections for which antibiotics may not be appropriate, and the role of antibiotics in the development of antimicrobial resistance.

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other health services working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that Western Health uses to partner with consumers.

This resource provides information to patients about the transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales as well as information on how patients can play a role in preventing the transmission of CPE to others.

There is a lot of health information online and it is not always easy to know what information is reliable, or who you can trust. These tips will help you.

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other health services working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that St Vincent’s Private Hospitals, Brisbane and Northside, use to partner with consumers.

This resource has been developed specifically to support the important role cleaning staff play in health service organisations and aged care services, to provide a safe environment for patients and residents.

This case study is one of eight, designed to assist other health services working to embed person-centred care. It highlights the person-centred approaches and strategies that John Fawkner Private Hospital uses to partner with consumers.