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A guide to support implementation of the National Consensus Statement

National Consensus Statement: essential elements for recognising & responding to clinical deterioration

This planning resource is designed to support clinicians preparing for Antimicrobial Awareness Week; it is most suitable for the acute care environment but could be adapted for primary care settings.

This resource provides a summary of AURA 2021 data that may be of specific interest to hospital and community pharmacists.

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 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. 

The 2021 Recommendations for the control of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (2021 CPE Guide) provides updated guidance on recommended strategies to prevent, detect and contain CPE in Australian health service organisations.

The guide was developed to support standardised national surveillance and reporting of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (HA-SABSI) by Australian hospitals. It supersedes the Commission's 2016 Implementation Guide for Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. 

This resource provides a summary of some of the key data from AURA 2021 that may be of specific interest to public health professionals.

This resource provides a summary of AURA 2021 data that may be of specific interest to members of infection prevention and control teams.

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 purpose of this advisory is to clarify the requirements for the transition between the 2014 and the 2020 Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standards.

This resource provides a summary of AURA 2021 data that may be of specific interest to medical practitioners.