Find out what you need to know if you are having a colonoscopy. The Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard describes what you can expect before, during and after a colonoscopy.
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The National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) operates a Help Desk to support users of the NHHI Learning Management System (LMS) and the Hand Hygiene Compliance Application (HHCApp).
Please note that the NHHI Help Desk phone line will be closed from Tuesday 22 April to Thursday 24 April 2025.
The Help Desk team endeavours to respond to your enquiry as quickly as possible. You will receive a response within 5 business days.
Processes for structured clinical handover are used to effectively communicate about the health care of patients.
The Commission delivered consultations to develop the requirements for the National One Stop Shop and the National Clinical Trials Front Door, on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, in partnership with all jurisdictions via the Clinical Trials Project Reference Group.
World Hand Hygiene Day is held annually on 5 May. The 'Save Lives: Clean Your Hands' global campaign was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009.
New resources are now available for World Hand Hygiene Day 2025.
The Commission has developed a standard on clinical care as a part of the strengthening of the Aged Care Quality Standards. The focus is to protect older people from harm and improve their clinical care.
Indicators have been developed to support monitoring of the care recommended in the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard. Clinicians and healthcare services can use the indicators to support local quality improvement activities.
The Commission leads and coordinates national initiatives to reduce harm associated with transitions of care. This work addresses the risks for patients moving between healthcare providers including primary, community, acute, subacute, and aged and disability care. Information developed by the Commission helps health service organisations and clinicians identify and implement strategies for improvement.
Accreditation provides assurances that a digital mental health service provider meets expected standards for safety and quality. Trained and independent reviewers assess a service provider’s evidence of implementation of the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards.
Indicators have been developed to support monitoring of the care recommended in the standard. Clinicians and healthcare services can use the indicators to support local quality improvement activities.
The NMA Scheme for Ethical and Scientific Review of Multi-Centre Research is consistently recognised as a key enabler for clinical trials and research conduct in Australia. Consultation is underway for the development of a National Accreditation Scheme.
Information for health service organisations to guide practice and monitor improvement using the clinical care standard, and resources to support implementation.
To support implementation of the NSQHS Standards, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care provides guidance for the submission of applications, registrations, requests for extensions and notifications of risk.
Information for healthcare services to guide practice and monitor improvement using the clinical care standard, and resources to support implementation.
Accreditation provides assurances to the community that a general practice meets expected standards for safety and quality. It is a formal program in which trained independent reviewers assess a general practice’s evidence of implementation of the RACGP Standards for general practices and the RACGP Standards for point-of-care testing.
Keynote speakers that presented at National Medicines Symposium 2024.
Guidance for clinicians on the ten quality statements from the COPD Clinical Care Standard, as well as helpful resources.
Hand hygiene compliance auditing is conducted to assess the effectiveness of hand hygiene programs in Australia, as part of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI). Hand hygiene compliance is assessed across both public and private Australian hospitals, consistent with AHMAC endorsed benchmark of 80 per cent.
This page includes information on infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies for carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) and links to additional resources.