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A fact sheet for clinicians outlining the safe and appropriate use of colonoscopy to maximise patients' benefits from the procedure and reduce the risk of harm.

This fact sheet provides useful information on each step of a colonoscopy procedure from referral to post-procedure report.

This fact sheet will assist clinicians and health service organisations implement the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard. 

The Consumer Fact Sheet for Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard gives further details on the 6 Clinical Care Standards. 

The goal of the Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Clinical Care Standard is to ensure that all adults presenting to hospital (as defined in the scope of the clinical care standard) have an assessment of VTE risk and bleeding risk that is formally documented. It also aims to ensure that VTE prevention is
appropriately prescribed and used to reduce avoidable death or disability from hospital-acquired VTE.

Clinicians can use the clinician fact sheet to support the delivery of high-quality care to help prevent hospital‑acquired VTE.

The Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Clinical Care Standard contains seven quality statements describing the care that people should expect to receive during and after a hospital stay to help reduce their risk of blood clots. These fact sheets explain each quality statement, what it means, and what you can do to have an active role in your care.

A poster listing the nine evidence-based quality statements for safe and appropriate colonoscopy, from the Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard.

The Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Clinical Care Standard poster displays seven evidence-based quality statements to help reduce the risk of blood clots during and following a hospital stay. 

An introduction for clinicians and health services.

This powerpoint presentation will assist clinicians and health service organisations understand and implement the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard. 

The Commission has identified a set of six essential elements for comprehensive care delivery, which represent different stages or processes that a patient may experience when clinical care is delivered.

The Commission has identified a set of six essential elements for comprehensive care delivery, which represent different stages or processes that a patient may experience when clinical care is delivered.

The Commission has identified a set of six essential elements for comprehensive care delivery, which represent different stages or processes that a patient may experience when clinical care is delivered.

The Commission has identified a set of six essential elements for comprehensive care delivery, which represent different stages or processes that a patient may experience when clinical care is delivered.

A fact sheet for governing bodies and managers

A fact sheet for governing bodies and manager

Comprehensive Care is one of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards in the second edition.

Seven key attributes were identified for high-performing person-centred healthcare organisations.

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.

This fact sheet provides important information for clinicians to consider when discussing advance care plans with patients and sets out the actions that directly relate to advance care planning in the NSQHS Standards.

This fact sheet provides information for day procedure services about processes and practices that facilitate comprehensive care suitable to their setting and the patient population.

This fact sheet provides information for clinicians to consider when planning for patient discharge. 

Health service organisations are required to develop and implement systems and processes that support patient-clinician discussions about the patient’s preferences for care in the future, to document advance care plans, and to act on advance care plans as part of comprehensive care delivery and for the NSQHS Standards.

The tops Tips for Safe Health Care are now available in digital formats to display on screens.

This fact sheet includes information for clinicians about informed consent in health care. 

Released September 2020