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This decision aid can be used with your doctor to help you decide whether to use antibiotics when you or your child has a sore throat.

The Recommendations for the control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (the CPE Guide) provides guidance on strategies to prevent, detect and contain CPE in Australian health service organisations.

The CPE Guide should be considered in conjunction with the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare, relevant local policies and procedures and your infection control team.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, draft National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations (CMOs), delayed ambulance handover, antibiotic use, infection control, medication errors and more.

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

This week’s issue includes items on healthcare quality, an Aboriginal Cultural Safety and Security Framework, innovation, major health care challenges, accreditation and more.

Also covered are new issues of Public Health Research & Practice and Healthcare Quarterly, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and latest from the UK’s NICE.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, decision aids on antibiotic use, sustainability, medication reconciliation, telehealth, mental health, patient report outcome measures (PROMs), and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of the Journal of Patient Safety, Health Expectations, and Healthcare Policy, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on antibiotic shortages, primary care, diagnosis, healthcare variation, leadership, endoscopy, COVID-19, medication safety and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Healthcare Quarterly and health Affairs Scholar along with 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.

Australians are unwittingly being exposed to increased risk of harm from taking antibiotics, when often these medicines are used to treat common infections where they will have no or little benefit, according to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

Released 16 November 2023

This week’s issue includes items on medication safety, polypharmacy, sonographers, physical and mental health, managing risk, healthcare associated infection, the role of carers in patient safety, primary care for older people and more.

Also covered are new issues of the Journal Health Services Research & Policy, Healthcare Policy and the Journal for Healthcare Quality, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

This issue includes items on partnering with consumers, decision support tools for antibiotic use, falls prevention, diagnosis, acute patient care principles, imaging, medication safety, aged care, clinical errors, remote patient monitoring, COVID-19, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, HealthcarePapers, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, and the UK’s NIHR and NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on clinical governance, mental health, leadership, cultural safety, burnout, antibiotics, medication safety, standards, digital health, COVID-19, and more. 
Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Emergency Medicine Australasia, Health Affairs Scholar, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ Effective Health Care program.