Wound Management Model Redesign - Project to implement an evidence based wound management model across community health sites in Greater Newcastle Cluster which identifies high-risk clients and further reduces the number of clients suffering from chronic wounds.
(Date published: 30-Oct-2008)

Patient Information Toolkit - This toolkit has been designed to make it easier for NHS staff to produce good-quality information for patients and to assess how it is used. The toolkit includes guidance on how to produce written information for patients and a series of templates.
(Date published: 30-Dec-2004)

Clean Culture - Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections - Project to reduce HAI and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) colonisations.
(Date published: 29-Oct-2008)

Improving the Safety and Cost of an Important Paediatric Medication - Project to improve the extemporaneous formulation of Tacrolimus, as well as simplifying manufacturing, promoting safe administration in children and ensure cost effectiveness.
(Date published: 29-Oct-2008)

Microbiology Liaison Reducing Prescription of Antibiotics in ICU - A weekday liaison round of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) by a Clinical Microbiologist aimed to improve communication and interpretation of laboratory results, appropriateness of antibiotic therapy and infection control.
(Date published: 29-Oct-2008)

Improving Practice for Newborn Pain - Program to close the evidence practice gap for newborn pain, using existing networks of clinicians and to find effective strategies to ensure appropriate interventions for procedural pain, pain assessment and family awareness of newborn pain.
(Date published: 24-Oct-2008)

Improving Access to Health Services for Women in Custody - Program to increase the number of external medical appointments facilitated to improve access to healthcare and to accommodate patients in a secure environment reducing the risk of escape and anxiety to the public.
(Date published: 23-Oct-2008)

Reducing Surgical Site Infection in the Paediatric Neurosurgical Patient - Project to reduce surgical site infections (SSI) in children admitted for insertion of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts and insertion of external ventricular drains (EVDs).
(Date published: 23-Oct-2008)

Dialysis Water, Have We Done Enough to Protect Our Patients? - A program of water pre-treatment and testing, as well as supporting policy and procedure documentation has been developed in the Liverpool Renal Unit.
(Date published: 21-Oct-2005)

Identifying and Preventing Pressure Ulcers at Armidale Hospital - Armidale Hospital provides timely and effective prevention and treatment methods for patients at risk of a Pressure Ulcer or at the lowest level of acuity of a Pressure Ulcer.
(Date published: 17-Oct-2008)

Improving Hand Hygiene - Program to reduce the spread of serious germs, including healthcare associated infections, by increasing good hand hygiene in all clinical areas to 80 % by June 2007.
(Date published: 17-Oct-2008)

Reporting System Lowers Pressure Ulcer Incidence - A pressure ulcer (PU) reporting system developed in the Division of Surgery at Liverpool Hospital in NSW resulted in a reduced monthly incidence of PUs from 34 to four in its first six months of use.
(Date published: 17-Nov-2004)

National Patient Safety Education Framework - The Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care has developed a framework to identify the key skills, knowledge, behaviours and attitudes related to patient safety for all health care workers.
(Date published: 09-Aug-2005)

EPIC - Epworth Program for Infection Control - The aim of EPIC is to maintain and improve the current distribution of infection control services including education and identification knowledge of deficits.
(Date published: 03-Aug-2005)

Checklists and Reminders in Clinical Pathways Improve Implementation - Wimmera Base Hospital in rural Victoria has achieved up to 100% compliance in key process measures within clinical pathways for stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) using a system of checklists and reminders embedded in the pathways.
(Date published: 01-Dec-2004)

InterHospital Transfer Procedure - Purpose was to ensure that patients being transferred to The Townsville Hospital from other hospitals are managed safely and efficiently.
(Date published: 01-Apr-2005)