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The National Residential Medication Chart User Guide for Nursing Staff is intended for all nursing staff working in residential care facilities who are authorised to access and use consumer medication charts.

There are a number of reasons why your learner profile may have been suspended. This document will provide you with information regarding what you need to do to take action regarding your learner profile in the National Hand Hygiene Initiative LMS.

This information sheet provides support to hospitals on how to analyse and use their SABSI surveillance data as part of a quality improvement approach. 

The National Residential Medication Chart User Guide for Prescribers is intended for prescribers who provide services to residential care facilities and who are authorised to prescribe medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) or Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS).

This document provides instructions on troubleshooting the Hand Hygiene Compliance Application, using your Android device.

This document provides guidance from the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) on the use of point of care testing to support increased testing demand for SARS-CoV-2 during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.

The purpose of this document is to provide practical guidance for managers and clinicians responsible for credentialing, and for determining and managing a clinician’s scope of clinical practice. This guide supports but does not replace or supersede state, territory or organisational policies, by-laws or rules on credentialing.

The purpose of this online resource is to support software vendors to identify enhancement opportunities in their electronic National Residential Medication Chart (eNRMC)  medication management system, with the aim of delivering safer medication management and improved quality use of medicines.

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. 

The release of the 2021 Implementation Guide for Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection contained a number of changes from the previous edition. A summary of these changes is provided in the information sheet.

This guidance supports health service organisations with risk assessment in relation to COVID-19 and development a comprehensive Risk Management Plan.

This online guide is for organisations looking to implement the electronic National Residential Medication Chart (eNRMC) medication management system. The guidance can be applied to all types of residential care facility settings, whether you are a single site or part of a larger provider network.

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Hospital Medication Chart (PBS HMC) is a national standardised medication chart that allows the prescribing, administration, claiming and supply of PBS and non-PBS medicines directly from the chart without the need for a separate paper prescription.

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 is an implementation guide to assist health service organisations to meeting the requirements of Action 3.11 Aseptic technique.

The NSQHS Standards User Guide for Health Service Organisations Providing Care to People from Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds aims to support health service organisations to implement the NSQHS Standards and provide safe and high-quality care that meets the needs of people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

The National Medication Management Plan (NMMP) is a standardised form to improve the accuracy and completeness of documented information to support continuity of medication management and medication reconciliation during transitions of care. The user guide has been developed with the support of the Health Services Medication Expert Advisory Group incorporating a number of elements originally devised by WA Health.

The Multi-Purpose Services Aged Care Module (the MPS Aged Care Module) has been developed by the Commission in collaboration with the Australian Government, state and territory departments of health, and the Commission’s Multi-Purpose Services Project Advisory Committee. The MPS Aged Care Module describes, in six actions, the requirements of the Aged Care Quality Standards not covered by the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. It is only applicable to eligible MPS and was endorsed by the Australian Health Minister’s Advisory Council on 7 February 2020.

The National Residential Medication Chart User Guide for Pharmacists is intended for pharmacists who provide services to residential care facilities (RCFs) and who are authorised to supply and claim for medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) or Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS).