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Options for implementation of AMS primary care - Dental Practice

2023

Fact sheet or brochure

This document provides guidance for healthcare services to support the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs in dental practice.

Options for implementation of AMS primary care Dental Practice

Options for implementation of AMS in primary care - General Practice

2023

Fact sheet or brochure

This document provides guidance for healthcare services to support the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs in general practice.

Options for implementation of AMS primary care General Practice

Options for implementation of AMS in primary care - community pharmacy

2023

Fact sheet or brochure

This document provides guidance for healthcare services to support the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs in community pharmacies.

Options for implementation of AMS primary care Pharmacy

Antimicrobial stewardship and children

Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is important in the care of children because administration of antimicrobials can have long term consequences for their health.

Delivering on ‘right care, right place, right time’. How clinical care standards are improving health care in Australia: An evaluation report

2023

Publication, report or update

Summary report for an evaluation of the Antimicrobial Stewardship, Hip Fracture Care and Delirium Clinical Care Standards.

Cover image from the report which says 'Delivering on right care, right place, right time.'

Patient-Reported Indicator Survey (PaRIS)

The Patient-Reported Indicator Survey or PaRIS Health Survey is an OECD-led initiative to strengthen the measurement of outcomes and experiences of healthcare services in primary care for people living with chronic conditions.

The Commission, on behalf of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, led the implementation of the inaugural PaRIS Health Survey in Australia in 2023. The PaRIS Australian National Report was released in July 2025.

Antimicrobial prescription patterns and ventilator associated pneumonia: findings from a 10-site prospective audit

29 October 2018 | Journal articles

Journal article with Commission authors.

Appropriate and safe use of chlorhexidine in healthcare settings

2023

Fact sheet or brochure

Guidance for health service organisations on the appropriate and safe use of chlorhexidine in healthcare settings.

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On the Radar Issue 591

20 February 2023 | On the Radar

On the Radar Issue 591 is now available.

Australia’s hospitals helping the fight against antibiotic resistance

5 July 2017 | Media release

Use of antibiotics has dropped markedly in Australian hospitals, new figures show – a shift that will help slow the spread of antibiotic resistant germs that cause dangerous infections that are difficult to treat.

Antimicrobial use and resistance: mixed picture shows more action is needed

9 May 2019 | Contributed articles

The third annual Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Australia (AURA) report, released today, highlights the importance of getting everyone on board with our national antimicrobial resistance strategy.

COVID sparks sharp fall in antibiotic use, but threat of antimicrobial resistance remains

27 August 2021 | Contributed articles

Growing rates of antimicrobial resistance are a significant threat to many areas of medicine, from cancer treatment to childbirth. A recent drop in antibiotic dispensing in the community provides a glimmer of hope in continuing efforts to protect this precious medical resource.

On the Radar Issue 596

2023

Newsletter

This issue includes items on antimicrobial shortages, hospital care, medication safety, medication reconciliation, digital health workforce, surgery, guidelines, COIVD-19 and more.

Also covered are the latest issue of BMJ Quality & Safety and early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety along with the latest from the UK’s NICE.

Survey identifies opportunities to improve use of antibiotics to prevent post-surgical infections

29 November 2017 | Media release

More than half (60%) of antibiotics given to patients after surgery to prevent infections are prescribed inappropriately, usually because they are not required at all – a situation that may be contributing to the rise of antibiotic resistance.

National report on critical antimicrobial resistance highlights prevalence of CPE bacteria in hospitals and novel resistance in N. gonorrhoeae infections

8 August 2018 | Media release

Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (also known as CPE) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae continue to be the most commonly reported organisms with critical resistances to antimicrobials across Australia, according to a national report released today.

Survey identifies opportunities to improve appropriate use of antibiotics in Australian hospitals

12 November 2018 | Media release

In 2017, around one-third of prescriptions for antimicrobials in participating Australian hospitals were assessed as not compliant with treatment guidelines. Almost 1 in 4 antimicrobial prescriptions were assessed as inappropriate.

New standard tackles the toll from inappropriate prescribing of opioids

28 April 2022 | Contributed articles

The Commission has released a new national clinical care standard that aims to reduce deaths and other harms associated with inappropriate prescribing of opioids in the emergency department and after surgery.

Autumn 2022 eNews

20 May 2022 | Commission eNews

Read the Autumn 2022 issue of Commission eNews.

New report on antimicrobial use and resistance in Australia

27 August 2021 | Media release

The Fourth Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in human health (AURA 2021), released by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) today, highlights the ongoing public health and safety threat posed by antimicrobial resistance.

Antimicrobial Shortages

2023

Fact sheet or brochure

This resource provides general information for prescribers and pharmacists on how to manage shortages of antimicrobials in acute and primary healthcare settings.