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By using a standardised structured assessment method, health service organisations and assessors can be confident all components of safety and quality systems are comprehensively evaluated, and that assessments are based on evidence of actual performance from observations, interviews and records.

The fact sheet is designed to support health service organisations to use PICMoRS.

This fact sheet highlights specific conditions that impact on health service organisations and which have recently been updated and appear in the Policy - Application for approval under the Australian Health Service Safety and Quality Accreditation (AHSSQA) Scheme to conduct accreditations of health service organisations using the Scheme’s standards.

This presentation by Dr Peggy Brown AO, Senior Clinical Advisor for the Digital Mental Health project at the Commission, was developed for the public consultation of the draft National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards.

The Commission invited consumers and carers, clinicians, service providers, and interested stakeholders to provide feedback on the NSQDMH Standards during the public consultation period from March - April 2020. 

This fact sheet includes information related to Action 5.14 in the NSQHS Standards and should be read in conjunction with Advisory AS18/15: Comprehensive Care Standard: Developing the comprehensive care plan.

The purpose of this fact sheet is to support health service organisations with implementation of partial easing of restrictions on elective surgery, investigations and procedures and standard and transmission-based infection prevention and control precautions.

This resource was last updated on 5 August 2020.

This poster outlines four important actions in providing safe, high-quality care for people with cognitive impairment in hospital during COVID-19.

This fact sheet highlights the increased risk of harm for people with cognitive impairment during COVID-19 and outlines how to provide safe, high-quality care during this time.

This resource has been developed to provide healthcare information for people with cognitive impairment, their carers and family members. 

This guide will help people living with cognitive impairment to get good health care. 

A person might have cognitive impairment because they have: 

• Dementia
• Intellectual disability
• A brain injury

The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide guidance to health service organisations when establishing processes to accurately identify and record Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status.

Information for consumers regarding the use of face masks to protect against the transmission of COVID-19.

Environmental cleaning is a key component of standard precautions; the first-line in infection prevention and control in the healthcare environment. Auditing to ensure appropriate practice is an important part of this process.

Environmental cleaning is a key component of standard precautions; the first-line in infection prevention and control in the healthcare environment. Updated July 2020.

The Antimicrobial Medicines Dispensing from 2013–14 to 2017–18 report is the first analysis to probe antimicrobial prescribing at every level over five years – national, state and territory, Primary Health Network (PHN) and local area.  It is available in interactive format.

This infographic outlines key highlights from the report.

Updated 23 September 2020

The purpose of this fact sheet is to describe how day procedure services can enhance consumers’ involvement in governance, design and performance-monitoring activities.

Information for you. Do I need to wear a face mask?

Information for you. Do I need to wear a face mask?

Information for you. Do I need to wear a face mask?

Information for you. Do I need a face mask?

Information for you. Do I need a face mask?

Information for you. Do I need to wear a face mask?