The Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard contains eight quality statements and eleven indicators to improve the early assessment, management, and review and referral of patients with low back pain.
This report summarises contemporary literature on diagnostic imaging patient safety and quality care issues, evidence and strategies to improve patient safety and quality care, unwarranted variation in diagnostic imaging, and national and international standards that underpin diagnostic imaging. It will inform the review of Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme (DIAS) Standards.
This resource provides an overview of the types of personal protective equipment (PPE) used and patient placement requirements for standard precautions and for transmission-based precautions. A local risk assessment should always be undertaken to determine the most appropriate PPE and patient placement for the delivery of care.
In the new Infection Prevention and Control Modules, you can check your quiz answers before submitting them without having to start the module again or opening the module in a separate screen.
The Commission invites prospective authors to submit an abstract for WHO World Patient Safety Day 2022. Submit your abstract by emailing it as an attachment to wpsdabstracts@safetyandquality.gov.au.
This fact sheet explains how PICMoRS can be applied to the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards to help assessors conduct a thorough evaluation of the safety and quality systems and clinical governance operations of a health service organisation.
