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This fact sheet provides users with information on the alignment of the actions and criteria from the 2017 Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infections Standard (2017 Standard) to the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard (2021 Standard).

This issue includes items on COVID-19, overuse of diagnostic testing, antibiotic prescribing, feedback to clinicians, intimate partner violence, and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and 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, the Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard, primary care, antimicrobial resistance, multimorbidity, oral healthcare, mental health and surgery, and more

Also covered are the latest issues of Future Leaders Communiqué, Health Expectations and Health Affairs, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the latest from the UK’s HSIB.

The CARAlert Annual Report for 2020 is now available.

This report provides an update on data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period 1 January 2021 to 28 February 2021, and complements previous analyses and updates of CARAlert data, and the CARAlert 2020 Annual Report. The data update provides information to support prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance.

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.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care reports annually on the state of healthcare safety and quality in Australia.

The Windows into Safety and Quality in Health Care 2009 provides windows onto a range of safety and quality issues and continues to report on sentinel events. It offers safety and quality insights in a number of settings and from various perspectives.

The 2019 AGAR Sepsis Outcome Report is now available.

The 2019 Hospital NAPS report includes analyses of detailed information about prescribing practices in Australian public and private acute hospitals in 2019. The findings can be used to guide quality improvement programs and improve the safety of care for patients.

The APAS – OrgTRx Quick Reference Guide provides instructions for APAS contributors on how to create and export formatted antibiograms. 

This report provides an update on data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period 1 September 2020 to 31 October 2020, and complements previous analyses of and updates on CARAlert data. The data update provides information to support prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, antimicrobial stewardship in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, safety incidents, urgent and emergency care, medication reviews, and more.

This guide assists authorised state and territory users to use the CARAlert web portal including review and export of jurisdictional data.

This guide assists authorised confirming laboratory users to submit, review and export data via the CARAlert web portal.