Resource library

A list of members in the Topic Working Group supporting the development of the clinical care standard aiming to reduce inappropriate use of psychotropic medicines for behaviour.

On 21 March 2022, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission have launched the Joint Statement on the important issue of inappropriate use of psychotropic medicines with people with disability and older people as a form of restrictive practice, and committed to collaborative action to reduce it.

The purpose of this advisory is to clarify the requirements for health service organisations to transition from the 2016 to the 2021 Delirium Clinical Care Standard.

To update the requirements for submission of data for national hand hygiene Audit 3, 2021, Audit 1, 2022, and Audit 2, 2022, and assessment of Action 3.10

To describe provisional accreditation arrangements for primary and community healthcare services to the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.

This info graphic highlights the key findings from the third CDI Technical report: Monitoring the national burden of Clostridioides difficile infection in Australian public hospitals: 2016 to 2018.

National Hand Hygiene Initiative

National Hand Hygiene Initiative

National Hand Hygiene Initiative - resources for paediatric and neonatal settings.

National Hand Hygiene Initiative

National Hand Hygiene Initiative resources - dental and oral health settings.

National Hand Hygiene Initiative - resource for paediatric and neonatal settings.

National Hand Hygiene Initiative resources.

This resource is a downloadable template that can be used when providing education about great person-centred care.

This infographic is targeted at reducing inappropriate use of antipsychotics. It summarises why this is such an important issue for people with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) across multiple healthcare settings.