This issue includes items on COVID-19, the launch of the Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard, care integration, health information technology, opioid prescribing, gender and sex, and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of Future Leaders Communiqué, Healthcare Papers and Public Health Research & Practice along with the latest online papers from the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

The 2021 APS employee census was undertaken between 10 May and 11 June 2021.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) have worked together on a joint statement on the importance of hand hygiene, focussing on medical practitioners and student doctors.

Update 24 provides data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period 1 July 2021 to 31 August 2021 to support prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, cultural safety, diagnostic excellence, patient safety and psychiatry, nursing levels, and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of Journal for Healthcare Quality, Patient Experience Journal,  Journal of Health Services Research & Policy and Health Affairs along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

This presentation is an introduction module for nursing and care staff. 

This medication skills assessment is intended for nursing and care staff in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) who deliver medicine/s to residents using the National Residential Medication Chart (NRMC).