The Commission has developed a guide to support incident management. The guide consolidates best practice approaches based on literature reviews and the Australian states’ and territories’ incident management policies.
The Commission has developed guidance to address all aspects of medicine selection and storage that can affect the likelihood of medication error.
APAS collects, analyses and reports on de-identified patient-level antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data from routine susceptibility testing results.
RADAR is a free, online publication that provides independent, timely and evidence-based communications to health professionals about new and revised listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
The delivery of comprehensive care should aim to address the health issues the patient was admitted with, and the risks of harm identified, to achieve the agreed clinical and personal goals of care.
This page includes resources for implementation of the Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards and National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards (Primary and Community Healthcare Standards).
Implementing an end-of-life care audit within your organisation will require leadership, management and the engagement of staff at all levels.
Information for health service organisations about the clinical care standard, the NSQHS Standards and resources to support implementation.
Digital mental health service providers have a responsibility to the community for continuous improvement of the safety and quality of their services, and ensuring that they are person centred, safe and effective.
Information for healthcare services to guide practice and monitor improvement using the clinical care standard, and resources to support implementation.
Communicating for safety involves the accurate and careful exchange of information about a person's care between treating clinicians, members of a multidisciplinary team, and between clinicians and patients, families and carers.
The Commission contributes to e-Health safety by optimising safety and quality in the rollouts of digital clinical systems. It focuses on hospital medication management programs and discharge summaries, and uses e-Health initiatives to improve the safety and quality of health care, including antimicrobial stewardship.
Information for health service organisations to guide care and monitor improvement using the clinical care standard - and resources to support implementation.
Approved accrediting agencies assess healthcare services to the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards (Primary and Community Healthcare Standards). These agencies are approved by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) following application and review by an approval panel.
Preventing delirium and managing cognitive impairment
The Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare was jointly developed by the Commission and the NHMRC. The Guidelines, together with Commission guidance for specific organisms, provide healthcare workers and health service organisations with support to develop tailored local protocols and processes for infection prevention and control.