Chapter 16 of the AMS Book highlights issues related to antimicrobial use in the community and in residential aged care and describes infections experienced by older people and strategies to improve antimicrobial prescribing and use. 

This resource provides information for cleaning staff in health service organisations and aged care services about their important role in providing a safe environment for patients and residents.

The resource supports the needs of small health service organisations to develop, or adapt, environmental cleaning programs to local needs.

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.

To mitigate risks associated with assessors undertaking onsite assessments, accrediting agencies are required to routinely review the risks. This includes screening of assessors immediately prior to them commencing an onsite assessment.

The Commission engaged Flinders University’s Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying to undertake a rapid review of the literature to provide an update of the current evidence base that could inform a revision of the National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for safe, high-quality end-of-life care.

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This factsheet highlights the issues surrounding antimicrobial use in older people and provides information for older people, their families and their carers.

The release of the 2021 Implementation Guide for Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection contained a number of changes from the previous edition. A summary of these changes is provided in the information sheet.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, wrong site surgery, patient identification, maternity care, safety culture, walk rounds and more.

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