Based on advice, feedback and discussions with clinical experts and health services from across Australia, the Commission has compiled a list of FAQs and resources that may assist health services in the prevention and reduction of hospital-acquired complications (HACs).
Explore these resources and share your feedback.
Two groupers have been developed to support the implementation of the hospital-acquired complications (HACs) list. These tools that can be used by hospitals, health services and system managers to identify and monitor HACs.
This page provides resources and a reference table of medication safety alerts, notices and guidance issued by the Australian states and territories and by international organisations using the APINCHS classification. There could be other more recent alerts, advice and guidance related to other medicines or practice areas which may be relevant to you or your organisation.
The resources and tools listed on this page can help healthcare services implement the Labelling Standard.
The National Standard Medication Chart (NSMC) audit aims to improve the safety and quality of medication charting in Australian hospitals who use paper-based NSMCs. Audit data can help health service organisations evaluate the effectiveness of NSMC safety features. These features can contribute to improved health outcomes for patients and identify areas for continuous quality improvement within hospitals.
The NIMC reduces the risk of prescribing, dispensing and administration error through standardised presentation of medicines information for an individual patient. It also standardises the way medicines information is presented in all high-risk healthcare settings.
The Commission has prepared an information sheet about how care should be provided to people at the end of life in hospitals. It provides patients, family members, carers and consumers with useful information.
The Commission has developed a range of tools and resources to support health services to improve the safety and quality of end-of-life care.
There are four major steps when preparing for an assessment.
Ensuring that patients who deteriorate receive appropriate and timely care is a key safety and quality challenge. The Commission has introduced a range of systems to better manage recognition of and response to acute physiological deterioration.
The Toolkit comprises a range of project management tools and resources to assist with clinical handover improvement and has been adapted for use in all healthcare settings.
Hand hygiene is a fundamental part of patient care to prevent the spread of infections and contamination of the healthcare environment.
Contact the NHHI Help Desk for support with the NHHI Learning Management System (LMS) and the Hand Hygiene Compliance Application (HHCApp).
To ensure that the selected PREM can be a meaningful tool for quality and safety improvement and person-centred care, you need to first think carefully about how you want to use the survey and why. You also need to consider how the PREM can be best used in your organisation, given your existing patient experience work and contextual constraints and enablers.
