The Commission and NPS MedicineWise have collaborated to develop a series of e-learning modules on antimicrobial prescribing.
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From 1 January 2023, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) became the custodian of a range of Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) functions, expanding our role in QUM stewardship. This follows the redesign of the Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology (QUDTP) Program outlined in the 2022–23 Federal Budget.
Status updates for each function can be found below.
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) have worked together to prepare a joint statement on the importance of compliance with guidelines for prescribing antimicrobials. Improved prescribing is key to enhancing the safety and quality of care, and in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
CARAlert collects, analyses and reports on nationally agreed priority organisms with critical resistances to last-line antimicrobials.
Find out how four remote hospitals implemented an intervention package to improve antimicrobial prescribing for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Support from the on-site antimicrobial stewardship champions and development and implementation of the CAP intervention package was key to success.
Quality statement 1 - Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard
A patient with a life-threatening condition due to a suspected infection receives an appropriate antimicrobial immediately, without waiting for the results of investigations.
Antimicrobials are important medicines used to treat infections. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to human health and patient safety. Hundreds of people in Australia die each year as a result of AMR.
Antimicrobial stewardship
The Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard describes the key components of care that patients can expect when they are prescribed opioid analgesics for acute pain in acute care settings.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses one of the most important risks to our health today. Resistance occurs when bacteria, fungi and other germs develop the ability to stop the drugs (such as antibiotics) designed to kill them. That means the bacteria that are not killed continue to grow.