Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a serious gastrointestinal disease, often caused by inappropriate antimicrobial use.
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We, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Processes for matching patients to their intended procedure, treatment or investigation are essential for ensuring that the right patient receives the right care. Most health service organisations have processes in place for patient identification and procedure matching but these may not be formally documented.
Communicating for safety involves the accurate and careful exchange of information about a person's care between treating clinicians, members of a multidisciplinary team, and between clinicians and patients, families and carers.
The primary care sector has an important role to play in improving the safe and appropriate use of antimicrobials, and reducing patient harm and the risk of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Australia.
The Commission has developed a number of resources to support safe communication.
Key considerations for selecting PROMs that meet your needs.
The lists of validated PROMs have been developed to support the identification of validated measures and the use of PROMs in Australia.
Evidence on the use of PROMs in clinical practice, clinical research, quality improvement and policy development.
The Commission has identified a set of six elements for comprehensive care delivery, which represent different stages or processes that a patient may experience when clinical care is delivered in alignment with the Comprehensive Care Standard.
Person-centred care is widely recognised as a foundation to safe, high-quality health care. It is care that respects and responds to the preferences, needs and values of patients and consumers.
Immobility, such as that associated with extended bed rest in hospital, can cause pressure injuries. Pressure injuries are a major contributor to the care needs of patients within the health industry, and in the majority of cases, pressure injuries are preventable
Falls are a significant cause of harm for older people. The Commission has updated the best practice guidelines for preventing falls and harm from falls in older people.
To focus care on patients' needs, and determine the most appropriate model of care for the patient, it is important that health services identify and assess patients' risk of harm.
These FAQs answer some common questions about the Comprehensive Care Standard, and more generally what comprehensive care means in the Australian health system.
The purpose of the National consensus statement: essential elements for safe and high-quality paediatric end-of-life care is to describe the core requirements for delivering the best possible care for children at the end of life.
The Commission has developed the National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for safe high-quality end-of-life care which describes the key clinical and organisational requirements for delivering excellent end-of-life care.