Information for health service organisations to guide care and monitor improvement using the clinical care standard - and resources to support implementation.
Guidance for clinicians on the nine quality statements from the Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard, as well as helpful resources.
APAS collects, analyses and reports on de-identified patient-level antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data from routine susceptibility testing results.
Quality statement 6 - Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard
When a patient is prescribed an antimicrobial, the indication, active ingredient, dose, frequency and route of administration, and the intended duration or review plan are documented in the patient’s healthcare record.
The Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard includes eight quality statements describing the key components of care that patients can expect when they have, or are suspected of having, an infection.
The Commission has developed a series of resources on infection prevention and control (IPC) for aged care service providers and staff.
