Purpose
To prevent inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotic medicines in patients with delirium and to ensure that non-drug strategies are the mainstay of care.
Purpose
To minimise the risk of complications of care for patients with delirium.
Purpose
To ensure patients with delirium receive timely and appropriate treatment for the underlying cause(s) of delirium.
Purpose
To improve the early diagnosis and timely treatment of patients with delirium for the best chance of recovery.
Purpose
Purpose
To reduce the incidence of delirium among patients who are at risk, and to prevent complications of delirium, such as falls, and improve outcomes. The regular monitoring of patients at risk of delirium can help to detect delirium promptly.
Purpose
Quality statements
The Delirium Clinical Care Standard includes eight quality statements. By describing what each statement means, the standard supports:
2021
Newsletter
This issue includes items on COVID-19, the draft Sepsis Clinical Care Standard, the new Cataract Clinical Care Standard, the forthcoming AURA 2021 report on antimicrobial use and resistance, antibiotic prescribing, antibiotic stewardship, patient experience, multimorbidity and polypharmacy, aged care and more.