Commitment to patient safety culture by leadership and management is crucial. While events leading to patient harm happen at the operational level, organisational factors play a vital role and are greatly influenced by management and leadership.
The Commission delivered consultations to develop the requirements in partnership with all jurisdictions via the Clinical Trials Project Reference Group. A new report revealed broad support and a sense of genuine enthusiasm and anticipation for the proposed National One Stop Shop.
The Commission’s Data Governance Framework specifies the obligations of the Commission with regard to data acquisition, maintenance, sharing/permissions, reporting and publication.
This document provides an overview of the procedures for the operation of CARAlert and describes the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders.
To clarify the requirements for the transition between the 2017 Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection Standard of the National Safety and Quality Health Services (NSQHS) Standards and the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard.
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.
The Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Clinical Care Standard was launched via webcast on Wednesday, 26 May 2021.
The slides from the event are available below.
This fact sheet provides users with information on the alignment of the actions and criteria from the 2017 Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infections Standard (2017 Standard) to the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard (2021 Standard).