Second edition of NSQHS Standards

The second edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards was released in November 2017. Health service organisations have been assessed to the second edition from January 2019.

The Commission administers the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme, which supports the consistent assessment of Australian general practices against the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Standards for general practices and the RACGP Standards for point-of-care testing.

Background to the AHSSQA Scheme

The Australian and state and territory Departments of health are responsible for regulating the Australian Health Service Safety and Quality Accreditation (AHSSQA) Scheme. This means they are responsible for: 

Step 1: Getting to know the NSQHS Standards

Health service organisations should familiarise themselves with the NSQHS Standards and how they will be applied.

National Standard for Labelling Dispensed Medicines

The Commission's Chief Executive Officer has appointed the following staff members as the Commission's Authorised Officers:

A webpage that outlines infection prevention and control strategies for managing carbapenemase-producing organisms in Australian health service organisations.

 The Commission supports World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) by providing a range of resources and coordinating initiatives to support the effective use of antimicrobials in preventing and containing antimicrobia

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