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This issue includes items on the new National guidelines for presentation of electronic discharge summaries, planning, hand hygiene in community settings, peripheral intravenous catheters, facemasks and respirators, and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Australian Health Review, Australian Journal of Primary Health, Health Policy and Health Affairs. Also included is the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This issue includes items on World Hand Hygiene Day, patient safety, improvement, fatigue, continuity and co-ordination of care, workarounds, voluntary assisted dying, guidance, and more.

Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Australian Prescriber, Nursing Leadership, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Patient Experience Journal, Healthcare Policy, Health Policy, American Journal of Medical Quality, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NICE and NIHR the USA’s AHRQ.

This quiz is designed for healthcare workers to support local World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD) activities. It includes 10 true or false questions focused on effective hand hygiene and appropriate glove use. It can be completed quickly, individually or in a group ahead of WHHD 2025 on 5 May.

This poster can be displayed above hand washing sinks in your healthcare setting or workplace to show that there are five easy steps for glove use.

Everyone can help to improve hand hygiene practices and reduce unnecessary waste.

Find out how the John Hunter Hospital developed a quality improvement program to improve hand hygiene and reduce unnecessary non-sterile glove use.