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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) sought feedback on the draft National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards Aged Care Module.  This module has been developed to allow organisations to meet the requirements of both the NSQHS Standards and the Aged Care Quality (ACQ) Standards by assessment to one set of standards. Consultation is now closed.

This week’s issue includes items on ENT surgery, shared decision making, data linkage, hospital associated complications of older people, sepsis, Choosing Wisely and children and young people’s mental health and more.

Also covered are new issues of the Journal for Healthcare Quality and Nursing Leadership, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

This issue includes items on COVID-19, cultural safety, codeine re-scheduling, psychotropic medicines in residential aged care facilities (RACFs), public reporting of performance data and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of BMJ Quality & Safety and the Australian Journal of Primary Health along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, telehealth, aged care and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of the International Journal for Quality in Health and BMJ Quality &Safety along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health.

This poster has been updated to incorporate the most recent advice issued by the Australian Government Infection Control Expert Group in relation to situations where there is a high risk of transmission of COVID-19.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, aged care, clinical variation, safe selection and storage of medications, telehealth for cancer care, telediagnosis, electronic medication systems, double-checking and medication administration errors, accreditation, paediatric hospice and palliative care, Staphylococcus aureus (SAB) and more

A literature review to better understand the use of antipsychotic medicines for people aged 65 years and over.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, artificial intelligence in health care, clinical analytics, aged care, medication safety, and more

Also covered are latest issues of Public Health Research & Practice, Journal for Healthcare Quality and Health Affairs, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health.

A presentation on leading and coordinating an infection prevention program in aged care homes.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, residential aged care, ‘never events’, peer support for health care workers, and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of Healthcare Quarterly, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR and the USA’s AHRQ.

This is our 500^th issue and includes a foreword written by Professor Chris Baggoley AO.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, aged care, Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABSI), palliative care, compassionate health care, cultural humility, preventable medication harm, patient and family involvement in patient safety, transfers and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, sepsis, acute behavioural disturbance antimicrobial prescribing, antimicrobial stewardship, dementia, pathology, stakeholder/consumer engagement, adverse drug events, medication safety, Clostridioides difficile, patient safety in prehospital care, and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the forthcoming Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations – consultation paper, sepsis survival, environmental cleaning and infection prevention and control, immunisation, aged care, guidelines, falls and non-slip socks, and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, aged care, diagnostic testing, patient letters, serious and never events, and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of the BMJ Quality and Safety, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

This factsheet highlights the issues surrounding antimicrobial use in older people and provides information for older people, their families and their carers.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, antibiotics/antimicrobials in aged care, antimicrobial stewardship in community and residential aged care, potentially preventable hospitalisations of people with intellectual disability, and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of the International Journal for Quality in Health Care , Clinical Communiqué and Health Affairs along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, infection prevention and control in aged care, maternity care, preterm births, informed consent, ageing populations, evidence-based practice, physiotherapy, patient complaints, staff reports, elective surgery cancellations, adverse events, emergency response driving and patient transport, and more.

Also covered are the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from Safer Care Victoria, the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the forthcoming launch of the new Cataract Clinical Care Standard, telehealth and virtual care, patient experience, international health system comparisons, access to health care, medication safety in the community, and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the draft Sepsis Clinical Care Standard, the new Cataract Clinical Care Standard, the forthcoming AURA 2021 report on antimicrobial use and resistance, antibiotic prescribing, antibiotic stewardship, patient experience, multimorbidity and polypharmacy, aged care and more.

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

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

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.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, aged care, consumers and patients, pharmacogenomics, maternity care, cognitive impairment, medication safety, transitions of care, diagnosis, digital health, clinical quality registries, trauma-informed care  and more.

Number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed for antipsychotic medicines per 100,000 for people 65 years and over, age and sex standardised, 2016-17 to 2020-21.

This issue includes items on an updated Health workforce screening and immunisation for vaccine-preventable diseases elearning module, value-based psychology, insulin, adverse events, maternity care, long term care, diagnosis, COVID-19 and more.

Also covered are news issues of Clinical Communiqué, Journal for Health Services Research & Policy and Healthcare Policy and the online first papers from BMJ Quality & Safety along with the latest from the UK’s NICE and Health Security Agency.

This issue includes items on infections, aged care, pathology testing, COVID-19 and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of Australian Health Review, Nursing Leadership, Patient Experience Journal, Health Expectations and Health Affairs and online first papers from BMJ Quality & Safety along with the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR

This issue includes items on nurse and midwife staffing, residential aged care, digital health equity, the new My Life After ICU resource, antimicrobial stewardship, COVID-19 and more.
Also covered are the early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This issue includes items on the consultation for the review of Aged Care Quality Standards, polypharmacy and deprescribing, nurse staffing, COVID-19 and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of the Journal of Patient Safety and BMJ Leader Quality & Safety and early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR and the USA’s AHRQ.

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.