Resource library

A list of members for the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard Topic Working Group. 

The quality statements for the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard are based on best available evidence and guideline recommendations at the time of development. This summary describes the relevance of each evidence source to the quality statements.

This resource accompanies the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard. It describes what the quality statements mean for healthcare services and provides indicators to support local quality improvement activity.

This resource lists the seven quality statements in the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard and describes what each statement means for clinicians involved in the assessment and management of people with a suspected hip fracture. 

This guide to the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard (2023) explains what each quality statement means for consumers, and what you can do to have an active role in your own care.

On this page are resources about the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District’s Patient information Portal (PiP) and PiP process, which are used to improve the quality of written consumer health information.

Australia is taking part in a ground-breaking international study into community-based health care that will explore the outcomes, experiences and satisfaction of patients who are treated in GP practices.

Released 15 August 2023

The Rapid literature review aims to provide relevant and useful information for the Commission’s medication safety stakeholders, including health service organisations and Australian Government agencies.

The national training roster of Hand Hygiene Auditor Educators was established in the NHHI LMS to support greater access to auditor training and encourage networking.

The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care (the Department) has engaged the Commission to undertake a scoping study for the design and development of national minimum standards for Safe Space services. We seek your views on the safety and quality expectations for Safe Space services.

The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights is for everyone. We are endeavouring to provide translations of the Charter in many community languages. Currently the Charter is available in 19 languages in a printable A4 poster format. 

This fact sheet provides health service organisations and accrediting agencies with updated advice regarding Action 3.13: Clean and safe environment and requirements for the use of neutral detergents.

The introduction of short notice assessments will improve the accuracy of the assessment process and better ensure that the assessment outcomes reflect day-to-day practice.

A report prepared by KP Health. This report summarises current literature on patient safety and quality risks for cosmetic surgery, tools, strategies and techniques to address these risks, and the effectiveness of these methods drawn from systematic reviews published since 2013.

The third and final meeting of the Cosmetic Surgery Project Advisory Committee was held on 16 June 2023.

Patients, consumers and carers provide a unique perspective of the care provided. Evidence suggests that improving patient experience can improve clinical outcomes. Primary health care (PHC) sector provides a range of services for the prevention and management of acute and chronic conditions. Gathering patient feedback is imperative for continuously improving the quality of care in PHC.

This report summarises research and analysis conducted by the Commission to examine health outcomes for people with cognitive impairment admitted to public hospitals in Australia. The Commission presented a summary of its key findings at the 2023 IHACPA Conference.

The document describes the role and responsibilities of the Designated Person described in the Tier 2 document Requirements for Medical Pathology Services.

This implementation guide is designed to help health service organisations to implement and manage their hand hygiene program, and to meet the requirements of relevant national standards.

This report summarises the burden of CDI in Australian public hospitals during 2020 and 2021.

User guide for the NHHI Hand Hygiene Compliance Application (HHCApp).

User guide for direct observational auditing of hand hygiene compliance.

An overview of the Commission’s approach to engaging with key stakeholders through consultation and endorsement when developing clinical care standards. This includes professional colleges and societies, peak bodies and consumer organisations.

List of Topic Working Group members for the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Clinical Care Standard.

The 2022 Annual Report provides the results of analyses of data on confirmed critical antimicrobial resistances (CARs) submitted to the National Alert System for Critical Antimicrobial Resistances (CARAlert) for 2022, and trend data from 2017. 

Presentation on short notice assessment for accreditation to the NSQHS Standards.

This guide provides instruction on how to enrol in and complete the Hygiene Auditor Educator Lapsed Training Pathway.

This fact sheet provides guidance on the retention period for deceased donor samples used in subsequent retrospective surveillance.

This resource identifies key actions for health service organisations to reduce risks and support oral health care for adult inpatients.

This resource identifies key actions for health service organisations to reduce risks and support oral health care for adult inpatients.