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On 9 September 2021, the Commission released the updated Delirium Clinical Care Standard (2021).

On 27 August 2021, the Commission released the Fourth Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in human health (AURA 2021).

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.

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

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

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. 

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.

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.

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

This document provides instructions for APAS contributors on how to change the view title name using the OrgTRx system.

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 user guide provides information for APAS contributors on how to perform a range of tasks within OrgTRx.

Using a risk management approach will provide health service organisations with a framework to assess and address risks identified in the organisation.

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.