Resource library

The Commission has developed a range of templates to support hospitals implementing the A-HSOPS 2.0. These can be modified to meet hospitals’ needs.

The survey form for the Australian Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Version 2 (A-HSOPS 2.0). 

The Labelling Standard is designed to reduce the risk of patient harm from injectable medicines by helping healthcare professionals identify the correct injectable medicine or fluid (container), route of administration of the injectable medicine (conduit) and patient for whom the medicine is intended.

The National Medication Management Plan (NMMP) is a standardised form to improve the accuracy and completeness of documented information to support continuity of medication management and medication reconciliation during transitions of care. The user guide has been developed with the support of the Health Services Medication Expert Advisory Group incorporating a number of elements originally devised by WA Health.

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.

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Hospital Medication Chart (PBS HMC) is a national standardised medication chart that allows the prescribing, administration, claiming and supply of PBS and non-PBS medicines directly from the chart without the need for a separate paper prescription.

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

The National Residential Medication Chart User Guide for Nursing Staff is intended for all nursing staff working in residential care facilities who are authorised to access and use consumer medication charts.

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 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.

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. 

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 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.

This online guide is for organisations looking to implement the electronic National Residential Medication Chart (eNRMC) medication management system. The guidance can be applied to all types of residential care facility settings, whether you are a single site or part of a larger provider network.

The purpose of this online resource is to support software vendors to identify enhancement opportunities in their electronic National Residential Medication Chart (eNRMC)  medication management system, with the aim of delivering safer medication management and improved quality use of medicines.

The National Residential Medication Chart User Guide for Prescribers is intended for prescribers who provide services to residential care facilities and who are authorised to prescribe medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) or Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS).

The National Residential Medication Chart User Guide for Pharmacists is intended for pharmacists who provide services to residential care facilities (RCFs) and who are authorised to supply and claim for medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) or Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS).

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

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

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.

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

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

The consultation has now closed.