Summary of accreditation outcomes and lessons learnt from the assessment of general practices against the RACGP Standards for general practices (5th edition) and the RACGP Standards for point-of-care testing (5th edition).
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Environmentally sustainable infection prevention and control (IPC) practices improve the safety and quality of health care for patients.
A number of resources have been identified which are relevant to the Psychotropic Medicines in Cognitive Disability or Impairment Clinical Care Standard.
The Commission is reviewing the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme Standards to minimise the risk of harm and improve the care of patients.
World AMR Awareness Week is held from 18 to 24 November each year.
Accreditation provides a commitment to the community that a diagnostic imaging practice meets expected standards for safety and quality. It is a formal program where trained assessors review an imaging practice’s evidence of implementation of the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme Standards.
Imaging practices not accredited under the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme cannot provide Medicare funded diagnostic imaging services. Unaccredited imaging practices must inform clients prior to carrying out imaging they are not accredited and a Medicare benefit is not payable.
Information for healthcare services to guide practice and monitor improvement using the clinical care standard, and resources to support implementation.
The Commission has developed a series of resources on infection prevention and control (IPC) for aged care service providers and staff.
These posters show the key steps for standard precautions and when caring for patients who require transmission-based precautions, due to a known or suspected infection.
The NHHI LMS hosts the hand hygiene, infection prevention and control modules and hand hygiene auditor online learning. Health service organisations (excluding aged care) with 10+ staff can register for access to the NHHI LMS.
Registering an organisation allows learners (staff) to link their profiles to your organisation in the NHHI LMS.Organisations do not need to register for its staff (learners) to access the NHHI online learning modules. The organisation name does not appear on any completion certificates.
Responses have been prepared to frequently asked questions (FAQs) from the National Medicines Symposium 2024.
A compendium of resources is available for reference at safetyandquality.gov.au/NMS24.
This page provides information on Hand Hygiene Auditor Educator Training.
MedicineInsight is a primary care quality improvement program using data from Australian general practices to support best practice and the post-market surveillance of medicines. It allows general practitioners to reflect on their prescribing patterns and patient care and review their practice results as well as the aggregate of all participating MedicineInsight practices.
The pathology accreditation standards used in Australia protect the public from harm and ensure consistency in pathology practice.
Medication errors are one of the most reported clinical incidents in acute health care settings and, while rates of serious harm are low, their prevalence is of concern particularly as many are preventable. A recognised major cause of medication errors is the use of potentially dangerous abbreviations and dose expressions.
Indicators have been developed to support monitoring of the care recommended in the Standard. Clinicians and healthcare services can use the indicators to support local quality improvement activity.