Resource library

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

This presentation is an introduction module for nursing and care staff. 

This PowerPoint presentation has been developed to assist with educating staff on how to use the VTE prophylaxis section of the NIMC. 

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 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.

The Commission develops and maintains a rolling three year Data Plan to ensure the implementation of its role in leading and coordinating safety and quality improvements across Australia. The Data Plan supports Commission’s Work plan by articulating its data functions and outlining potential data sources for use.

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.

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 21 March 2022, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission have launched the Joint Statement on the important issue of inappropriate use of psychotropic medicines with people with disability and older people as a form of restrictive practice, and committed to collaborative action to reduce it.

Presentation slides from the launch of the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard.

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.

Presentation slides for the launch of the Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard.