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The Commission developed the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards to improve the quality of health service provision in Australia. The Standards provide a nationally consistent statement of the level of care consumers should be able to expect from health services. The Commission has developed a number of resources to assist health service organisations implement the NSQHS Standards. These resources have now been finalised following a public consultation in August 2012 and are available for use:
Accreditation Workbooks:
Hospital Accreditation Workbook (PDF 3.70MB)
Day Procedure Services Accreditation Workbook (PDF 3.68MB)
Safety and Quality Improvement Guides:
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Standard 1: Governance for Safety and Quality in Health Service Organisations (PDF 1.05MB)
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Standard 2: Partnering with Consumers (PDF 1.05MB)
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Standard 3: Preventing and Controlling Healthcare Associated Infections (PDF 1.18MB)
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Standard 4: Medication Safety (PDF 1.38MB)
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Standard 5: Patient Identification and Procedure Matching (PDF 996KB)
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Standard 6: Clinical Handover (PDF 952KB)
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Standard 7: Blood and Blood Products (PDF 1.05MB)
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Standard 8: Preventing and Managing Pressure Injuries (PDF 0.98MB)
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Standard 9: Recognising and Responding to Clinical Deterioration in Acute Health Care (PDF 992KB)
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Standard 10: Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls (PDF 992KB)
Further Resources:
The Commission has set up an Advice Centre. It is open for enquiries from health service organisations, surveyors and accrediting agencies and support can be accessed by telephone and email.
Email: accreditation@safetyandquality.gov.au
Phone: 1800 304 056