The Bimonthly Data Update 27 provides data submitted to National Alert System for Critical Antimicrobial Resistances (CARAlert) for the reporting period 1 March 2022 to 30 April 2022. This data is able to be used to inform strategies to prevent and contain antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
On the Radar is a summary of some of the recent publications in the areas of safety and quality in health care.
The patient information brochure provides useful information for patients and carers. It defines what sepsis is, the causes and prevention of sepsis, and how it is treated. The brochure also outlines the groups at higher risk of developing sepsis.
Healthcare professionals and health service organisations are encouraged to download and display the sepsis information posters. These posters aim to raise awareness around sepsis and its early symptoms.
A poster for for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about the signs and symptoms of sepsis.
These resources aim to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to recognise and respond to the early signs of sepsis.
This issue includes items on the new Sepsis Clinical Care Standard, health literacy, COVID-19, consumer health technology and more.
Also covered are news issues of Healthcare Papers and the Journal for Healthcare Quality, and the online first papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care along the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR.
This resource provides an overview of the key actions to prevent and manage infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in the acute care setting. It summarises the Recommendations for the control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales.
This resource provides information to nurses and doctors about strategies to prevent and manage infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in the acute care setting.
The Sepsis Clinical Care Standard Topic Working Group (TWG) is a sub-group of the National Sepsis Clinical Reference Group (NSCRG).