This report provides analyses of data captured by Australian Passive AMR Surveillance (APAS) on antimicrobial resistance trends in multidrug-resistant organisms (MROs) from 2006 to 2023. The MROs included are:

• Vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium (VRE)
• Fluoroquinolone resistance in Escherichia coli
• Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Released July 2024

This decision aid can be used with your doctor to help you decide whether to use antibiotics when you have a flare-up (exacerbation) of your chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 

This decision aid can be used with your doctor to help you decide whether to use antibiotics when you or your child has sinusitis (acute rhinosinusitis).

This PowerPoint presentation is designed to assist consumers deliver the educational session for Partnering with Consumers: A guide for consumers, and can be used in partnership with staff from the local health service organisation.

This Facilitator Guide is designed to assist consumers deliver the educational session for Partnering with Consumers: A guide for consumers, and can be used in partnership with staff from the local health service organisation.

This issue includes items on social prescribing, medication safety, safety culture, infection prevention and control, clinical quality registries, Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), COVID-19, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Medicines Advice Initiative Australia and the USA’s AHRQ.

This fact sheet describes the requirements for documenting medicines-related information in line with the intent of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards

This case study is one of four, designed to align with the Partnering with Consumers: A guide for consumers. It focuses on the evidence-based Eat Walk Engage program, that aims to improve outcomes for older people at risk of more serious hospital complications (such as delirium). 

This case study is one of four, designed to align with Partnering with Consumers: A guide for consumers. It highlights the strategies that South Metropolitan Health Service uses to implement the the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards with a focus on partnering with consumers at all levels of the organisation.