The Psychotropic Medicines in Cognitive Disability or Impairment Clinical Care Standard provides guidance to clinicians, healthcare services and consumers on the safe and appropriate use of psychotropic medicines.
This national standard was released by the Commission on 9 May 2024.
The Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard describes the care that you can expect to receive if you go to a primary healthcare provider or a hospital emergency department with a new episode of low back pain. This could be new pain or a flare-up of an ongoing problem. Find out more about what the standard means for consumers and the other resources available.
The Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard contains eight quality statements describing the care that should be received by patients aged 16 years and over who present with low back pain, with or without leg pain.
It may be applied in all healthcare settings where such care is provided, but is particularly relevant to primary healthcare services and emergency departments.
The Commission supports the safety and quality of health care for older people. This page contains resources that support the delivery of high-quality care of older people across all care settings.
The Commission has developed culturally appropriate resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to raise awareness of sepsis.
Codes that can be used to identify patients diagnosed with sepsis from routinely collected data.
A reasonable adjustment is a change to an existing approach or process which is essential to ensure a person’s access to a service. Making reasonable adjustment for a person’s disability creates an inclusive environment and facilitates meeting the NSQHS Standards.
Accreditation provides assurances to the community that a healthcare service meets expected standards for safety and quality. It is a formal program in which trained independent reviewers assess a healthcare service’s evidence of implementation of the Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.
Information for healthcare services to guide practice and monitor improvement using the clinical care standard, and resources to support implementation.
The Sepsis Clinical Care Standard describes the health care that should be provided to patients with signs and symptoms of sepsis. It also addresses the care that should be provided in hospital and after discharge, including survivorship.
Guidance for clinicians on the seven quality statements from the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard, as well as helpful resources.
Indicators have been developed to support monitoring of the care recommended in the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard. Clinicians and healthcare services can use the indicators to support local quality improvement activities.
A patient with suspected sepsis has blood cultures taken immediately, ensuring that this does not delay the administration of appropriate antimicrobial therapy. When signs of infection-related organ dysfunction are present, appropriate antimicrobials are started within 60 minutes. Antimicrobial therapy is managed in line with the Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard, including a review within 48 hours from the first dose.
A number of related resources have been identified which are relevant to the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard.
Resources to support implementation by healthcare services and clinicians including guidance and information, tools, templates, consumer resources, implementation case studies and podcasts.
