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ACSQHC: Resource library

ANZCOR Guidelines

Choosing Wisely Australia



Clinical Excellence Commission

National Audit Projects (NAPS)

NSQHS standards - live literature searches

These PubMed live searches provide updated results for 11 topics aligned to the Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. They have been developed, tested and endorsed as part of the HeLiNS (Health Libraries for the National Standards) Research Project, a joint initiative of HLA and HLI (Health Libraries Inc).

Highlights:

  • Searches have been created by a librarian with expertise in searching for evidence on health.
  • Aimed at clinicians working in Australian hospitals who wish to find evidence to support best practice in line with Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.

The searches:

WebsiteAdvance care planning

WebsiteBlood management

WebsiteClinical handover

WebsiteDelirium

WebsiteDeteriorating patient

WebsiteFalls prevention

WebsiteInfection prevention

WebsiteMedical safety

WebsitePartnering with consumers

WebsitePressure injuries

WebsiteWound management

Additional information about the searches and advanced options/tips can be accessed here: https://hla.alia.org.au/nsqhs-standards/

Patient safety modules

Learn@ANZCA


Use the links below to access additional support resources contained on the Learn @ANZCA platform.

Note: Resources located in Learn@ANZCA require that you first register before accessing.


Safety alerts

Safety Practices for Interventional Pain Procedures

Stop before you block

Stop Before You Block (SB4YB) is an initiative that started at Nottingham University Hospital in 2010 following a series of inadvertent wrong-sided nerve blocks. Below are some resources for anaesthesia departments to use in in the operating theatre and for educational purposes, and to help individual anaesthetists to take part in the “Stop before you block” campaign, supported by ANZCA.

Therapeutic Guidelines


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