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This medication skills assessment is intended for nursing and care staff in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) who deliver medicine/s to residents using the National Residential Medication Chart (NRMC). 

The Constitution of the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council Order No. 1 of 1997 (the Order in Council) sets out role, membership and function of the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard, primary care, antimicrobial resistance, multimorbidity, oral healthcare, mental health and surgery, and more

Also covered are the latest issues of Future Leaders Communiqué, Health Expectations and Health Affairs, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the latest from the UK’s HSIB.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the draft Sepsis Clinical Care Standard, the new Cataract Clinical Care Standard, the forthcoming AURA 2021 report on antimicrobial use and resistance, antibiotic prescribing, antibiotic stewardship, patient experience, multimorbidity and polypharmacy, aged care and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, culturally safe health care practice, surgical site infections, Clostridoides difficle, medication errors, diagnosis and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of BMJ Quality & Safety, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

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.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, antimicrobial stewardship in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, safety incidents, urgent and emergency care, medication reviews, and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in health care, impact of administration on patient care, diagnosis, consent, incidental findings, medication safety and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, medication safety, overprescribing, leadership, National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards, hospital discharge, adverse events, shared decision making, emergency department safety, and more.

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.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard, the forthcoming Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, low value healthcare, shared decision making, patient decision aids, hospital-acquired complications (HACs), smartphone use and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, medication safety, community pharmacy, paediatric mediation errors, mental health, healthcare associated infections and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of the Australian Journal of Primary Health Review, Patient Experience Journal and Pediatric Quality & Safety along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard, an indicator monitoring tool for the Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard, review of national Quality Use of Medicines publications, diagnosis and more.

Also covered are the latest online papers from BMJ Safety & Quality  and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

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

This issue includes items on COVID-19, environmental cleaning, telehealth, whole system quality, quality improvement capacity, medication safety and older patients, care transitions, sepsis, hip fracture and more.

Also covered is the latest issues of BMJ Quality and Safety, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, sepsis, World Sepsis Day, the revised Delirium Clinical Care Standard, clinical variation, patient experience, the Australian Hospital Patient Experience Question Set (AHPEQS), and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of Public Health Research & Practice and Health Affairs along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, consultation on a draft Low back pain clinical care standard, patient experience, patient harm, medications, new guidelines on acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, new guidelines on otitis media, and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of BMJ Quality and Safety, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the forthcoming launch of the new Cataract Clinical Care Standard, telehealth and virtual care, patient experience, international health system comparisons, access to health care, medication safety in the community, and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, draft National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations (CMOs), delayed ambulance handover, antibiotic use, infection control, medication errors and more.

Also covered is the latest issues of BMJ Safety & Quality along with the latest online papers from the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

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 issue includes items on COVID-19, sepsis, nurse staffing, transitions of care, medication safety, cardiovascular disease, primary care and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of the Australian Health Review, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the draft Opioid Analgesic Stewardship Clinical Care Standard, Clostridioides difficile infection, medical imaging, diagnosis, safety culture and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR and the USA’s AHRQ.

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 issue includes items on COVID-19, sentinel events, collective leadership for safety culture, peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs), complaints, diagnosis, early warning systems, clinical deterioration, opioids, digital health and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of BMJ Quality & Safety and Nursing Leadership, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new National Standard for Labelling Dispensed Medicines, the new Delivering and Supporting Comprehensive End-of-life Care user guide, primary care harms, lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for hospital care and for health care leaders, health information technology and medications, antibiotic overuse, antibiotics for urinary tract infections (UTI), conceptualisation of  benefits of treatments, and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the launch of the Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard, care integration, health information technology, opioid prescribing, gender and sex, and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of Future Leaders Communiqué, Healthcare Papers and Public Health Research & Practice along with the latest online papers from the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

The consultation has now closed. 

This issue includes items on COVID-19, decision aids on antibiotic use, sustainability, medication reconciliation, telehealth, mental health, patient report outcome measures (PROMs), and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of the Journal of Patient Safety, Health Expectations, and Healthcare Policy, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the AURA 2021 report on antimicrobial use and resistance, blood culture practice, learning from patient safety incidents, medication safety interventions and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of the Journal of Patient Safety along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.