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On the Radar 690

24 March 2025 | On the Radar

On the Radar Issue 690 is now available.

On the Radar Issue 690

2025

Newsletter

This issue includes items on the cleaning and disinfection of ultrasound transducers, digital health, and more.

Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality &Safety, Journal for Healthcare Quality, HealthcarePapers and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

Cleaning and disinfection of ultrasound transducers

2025

Guide, user guide or guidelines

This fact sheet outlines the essential steps required to clean and disinfect ultrasound transducers used for percutaneous procedures. This fact sheet does not provide guidance on the management of specific clinical procedures as this guidance should be developed locally and informed by a risk assessment.

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Candida auris

This page includes information on infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies for Candida auris (C. auris).

C. auris is a fungus (yeast) that is resistant to a range of antifungal medicines and can cause serious infections in patients who are immunocompromised. The severity, communicability, and drug resistance associated with C. auris infections means that correct identification and management of C. auris is crucial for the treatment and control of disease.

Advisory AS24/01: National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards requirements for reprocessing of reusable medical devices in health service organisations

12 November 2024 | NSQHS Standards advisories

To describe the minimum compliance requirements within Action 3.17 for health service organisations that reprocess reusable medical devices (RMDs).

Advisory PCHS24/01: National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards requirements for reprocessing of reusable medical devices in practices

11 November 2024 | Primary and Community Healthcare Standards

This advisory describes the minimum requirements for primary and community healthcare services to comply with Action 3.13 of the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.

Sustainability and infection prevention and control

Environmentally sustainable infection prevention and control (IPC) practices improve the safety and quality of health care for patients.

Transitioning from AS/NZS 4815:2006 to AS 5369:2023

2024

Guide, user guide or guidelines

This resource will assist healthcare services to implement the new requirements of AS 5369:2023 Reprocessing of reusable medical devices and other devices in health and non-health related facilities.

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Reprocessing of reusable medical devices

The Commission has developed a suite of resources to assist health service organisations to implement AS 5369:2023 Reprocessing of reusable medical devices and other devices in health and non-health related facilities.

The Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control Guide

2024

Guide, user guide or guidelines

This Guide supports implementation of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards and supplements the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare for the aged care workforce and those providing care for older people. The Guide outlines the basic principles of infection prevention and control and explains how to apply these principles using a risk-based approach.

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Hand washing reduces the spread of germs and saves lives

1 May 2024 | Media release

MEDIA RELEASE

On World Hand Hygiene Day this Sunday 5 May, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care urges Australians to continue to practise good hand hygiene as the first-line defence to reduce the spread of harmful germs.

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Glossary

Advisory DI21/04: Disinfection requirements for reusable semi critical medical devices - Standard 1.6: Healthcare Associated Infection

7 December 2021 | Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme Standards

To advise diagnostic imaging practices of the requirements for Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme Standard 1.6: Health-care Associated Infection. Specifically, the requirements for high-level disinfection of semi-critical reusable medical devices in diagnostic imaging.

Infection prevention and control in aged care

The Commission has developed a series of resources on infection prevention and control (IPC) for aged care service providers and staff.

Hand hygiene and fighting antibiotic resistance go hand-in-hand

5 May 2017 | Media release

Friday 5 May is international Hand Hygiene Day, and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) is joining the World Health Organization to highlight the role that clean hands can play in preserving the effectiveness of antibiotic medicines.

Safe management and use of shared toys and therapy equipment in the healthcare settings

2023

Guide, user guide or guidelines

This resource provides guidance on how to select, clean and store shared toys and play therapy equipment to minimise the risk of infection.

Guidance on management and prevention of paediatric urinary tract infections (UTIs)

2023

Guide, user guide or guidelines

This guidance provides clinicians with advice on early recognition, treatment and prevention of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children.

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Winter 2021 eNews

5 July 2021 | Commission eNews

Read the Winter 2021 issue of Commission eNews.

Comprehensive report on antibiotic resistance identifies new challenges

3 August 2017 | Media release

A comprehensive national report on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in Australia has highlighted a number of specific types of bacteria as major emerging healthcare problems, with one type in particular causing resistance to last-resort antibiotics in just over half of hospital samples.