The purpose of this advisory is to clarify the applicability of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific actions in the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
To clarify the requirements for the transition between the 2017 Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection Standard of the National Safety and Quality Health Services (NSQHS) Standards and the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard.
The purpose of this advisory is to describe the requirement for accrediting agencies to submit an annual declaration relating to conflicts of interest.
To describe provisional accreditation arrangements for primary and community healthcare services to the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.
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
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 clarify the expected requirements (data elements) for structured reporting of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results to consumers via text message.
This advisory supplements the expected requirements set out in the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council's Requirements for medical pathology services (Third Edition 2018).
To provide health service organisations and accrediting agencies with information on the scope and assessment of workforce training requirements related to infection prevention and control and hand hygiene.
To clarify not applicable actions for BreastScreen Australia (BSA) Services implementing the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.
This hospital-acquired complication (HAC) covers falls occurring in hospital which result in a fracture or intracranial injury resulting in diagnoses of intracranial injury, fractured neck of femur or other fractures.
