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This issue includes items on COVID-19, Aboriginal people’s experiences of hospital care (report), integrated care, preterm births, night surgery, low value care, shared decision making, engaging consumers, CALD communities, quality improvement partnerships, team care, medication safety in mental hospitals, electronic health records, low back pain and more.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, infection prevention and control in aged care, maternity care, preterm births, informed consent, ageing populations, evidence-based practice, physiotherapy, patient complaints, staff reports, elective surgery cancellations, adverse events, emergency response driving and patient transport, and more.

Also covered are the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from Safer Care Victoria, the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection, living with dementia, patient experience, diagnosis, primary care, adverse events, burnout and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of the Journal of Patient Safety & Risk Management and Pediatric Quality & Safety Health Research & Practice, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, decision aids on antibiotic use, sustainability, medication reconciliation, telehealth, mental health, patient report outcome measures (PROMs), and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of the Journal of Patient Safety, Health Expectations, and Healthcare Policy, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, aged care, diagnostic testing, patient letters, serious and never events, and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of the BMJ Quality and Safety, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

By implementing the six end-of life care actions in the Comprehensive Care Standard, health service organisations are laying the foundations to support the delivery of safe and high-quality end-of-life care that is person-centred and comprehensively meets the needs of the patient. These six actions can be linked to the 10 essential elements of the Consensus Statements. This resource sets out some suggested implementation strategies.

The Commission assembled the Sepsis Program Oversight Group (SPOG) to provide oversight to the National Sepsis Program.

The Commission convened the National Sepsis Clinical Reference Group (NSCRG) to provide specialist clinical and technical advice to the National Sepsis Program.

This systematic review was commissioned to investigate trigger tools that promote the early detection of sepsis symptoms, including the use of lactate testing in patients experiencing rapid clinical deterioration or suspected of having infection.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard, the forthcoming Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, low value healthcare, shared decision making, patient decision aids, hospital-acquired complications (HACs), smartphone use and more.