The CARAlert Annual Report for 2020 is now available.

This report provides an update on data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period 1 January 2021 to 28 February 2021, and complements previous analyses and updates of CARAlert data, and the CARAlert 2020 Annual Report. The data update provides information to support prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance.

The webcast slides were part of the presentation shown at the launch of the Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard on 21 April 2021. These slides can be used for presentations and training. A video of the launch webcast can be viewed on the Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard web page. 

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard, the forthcoming Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, low value healthcare, shared decision making, patient decision aids, hospital-acquired complications (HACs), smartphone use and more.