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This resource is a downloadable template that can be used when providing education about great person-centred care.

On 30 June 2022, the Commission released the new Sepsis Clinical Care Standard. The new standard is a ‘game changer’ that will ensure healthcare workers recognise sepsis as a medical emergency.

List of Topic Working Group members for the Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard.

A list of members in the Topic Working Group supporting the development of the clinical care standard aiming to reduce inappropriate use of psychotropic medicines for behaviour.

On 27 April 2022, the Commission released the new national Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard.

The Alfred Hospital’s substantial program of work has delivered improvements in the timeliness and appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy for sepsis. Learn more about their key initiatives including a randomised controlled trial assessing the impact of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) reviews following medical emergency team (MET) calls for suspected sepsis, and the creation of a sepsis pharmacist role.

On 23 November 2022, the Commission released the first National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations (NSQMH Standards for CMOs).

With 1 in 5 adults experiencing a common mental health disorder in 2020-21, the standards are a significant step in providing safety and quality assurance for consumers, their families and carers.

Australian broadcaster and game show host John Burgess considers himself one of the lucky survivors of sepsis who “dodged a bullet”. He is an advocate of the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard, released by the Commission on 30 June 2022.

These versions of the AAW quizzes provide the questions for activities with clinicians and consumers during Antimicrobial Awareness Week.

A Topic Working Group was convened to provide advice to the Commission on this project. The group comprised individuals with relevant expertise in pain medicine, emergency medicine, orthopaedic surgery, urological surgery, addiction medicine, emergency nursing, perioperative nursing, general practice, clinical pharmacy, community pharmacy, as well as a consumer representative.

On 4 November 2022, the Commission released the first national Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard to reduce rates of stillbirth and remove the culture of silence.

The standard provides a framework for healthcare practitioners to identify stillbirth risks, communicate effectively with women about reducing risk, discuss clinical investigations after stillbirth, and provide support after perinatal loss.

Dr Lorraine Anderson, Medical Director at the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services in Western Australia, explains why managing patients with sepsis in a remote community is high stakes – and how the national Sepsis Clinical Care Standard released on 30 June 2022 will help.

This document provides the answers to the clinician and consumer quizzes that can be used for activities to promote Antimicrobial Awareness Week.

On 1 September 2022, the Commission released the first national Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard to improve early management of patients with this common condition, which is a leading cause of disability worldwide.

The standard advocates a shift towards active approaches to support people with low back pain and reduce their chance of ongoing problems.

Many people have never heard of sepsis, but it kills more Australians every year than road traffic accidents or stroke. This summary backgrounder and Q&A provides an overview of this life-threatening condition, how you can get it and the longer term impacts on people.

The Sepsis Clinical Care Standard will help to ensure that patients with signs and symptoms of sepsis are recognised early, and receive rapid treatment and coordinated care to prevent organ failure, disability or death.

This resource is to support clinicians and health service organisations with ideas for local Antimicrobial Awareness Week activities. It is most suitable for the acute care environment, but could be adapted for primary care settings.

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

Infectious diseases specialist Dr Kathryn Daveson discusses updates to the Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard in 2020. 

This process flow outlines the steps that the Commission will follow when an extension request related to Advisory AS18/07: Reprocessing of reusable medical devices in health service organisations is received.

On 30 November 2020, the Commission announced the introduction of Australia's first National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards.

A Topic Working Group was convened to provide advice to the Commission on this project. The group comprised individuals with relevant expertise in anaphylaxis, representatives of key stakeholder organisations as well as a consumer representative.

Updated August 2020.

This short video explains the transition arrangements for NSQHS accreditation to the 2020 revision of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard from the previous version launched in 2014. 

National Sepsis Clinical Reference Group (NSCRG) membership list to support the work of the National Sepsis Program. 

A joint statement from the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) and the Commission has been made regarding the importance of responding to the long-term lack of improvement in compliance with antimicrobial prescribing guidelines in Australia.

Learn about the importance of documenting adverse reactions to antimicrobials, antibiotic allergy delabelling and what they mean for antimicrobial stewardship in this short video.  

Sepsis Program Oversight Group (SPOG) membership list to support the work of the National Sepsis Program.