Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Resources
Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Self-Assessment Tool
- AMS Self-Assessment Tool for Residential Aged Care Services Use Guide
Resources to support AMS implementation
To Dip Or Not To Dip
- To Dip or Not to Dip flyer
- To Dip or Not to Dip audit tool
- To Dip or Not to Dip: case-based education presentation
- To Dip or Not to Dip facilitator guide
- To Dip or Not to Dip - Implementation Guide for Nurse and Pharmacist Champions
- Clinical pathway for older people in aged care homes: suspected urinary tract infections - with catheter
- Clinical pathway for older people in aged care homes: suspected urinary tract infections - without catheter
- User guide to the Clinical Pathway for older people in aged care homes: suspected urinary tract infections
- To Dip or Not to Dip in Australian residential aged care services key findings summary
- To Dip or Not To Dip project summary
- Implementation of an intervention to reduce urine dipstick testing in aged care homes: a qualitative study of enablers and barriers, and strategies to enhance delivery
- Feasibility of a Nurse-Led Intervention to Reduce Urine Dipstick Testing in Long-Term Residential Aged Care Homes
Consumer Resources
- Do you need antibiotics? (Available in 25 languages)
Resources from other organisations
World Health Organization (WHO)
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
- The Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control Guide
- Antimicrobial use in the community: 2023
- AURA 2023 Highlights for Aged care
Therapeutic Guidelines
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC)
Aged Care On-site Pharmacist Measure
Aged care providers can now engage an aged care on-site pharmacist to provide expert support and advice about residents' medications and the quality use of medicines in aged care facilities.
An on-site pharmacist can:
- Review medications, providing residents and their families with more confidence in their care.
- Work with aged care staff to best meet the residents' and facility's needs with regards to medication management.
This will:
- Improve medication use and safety in your facility, especially regarding safe and appropriate use of high-risk medications.
- Allow for continuity in medication management through the regular review of medications and provide additional support during transitions of care.
- Enable easy access to pharmacist advice for staff and residents.
- Integrate on-site pharmacists with the health care team, including local general practitioners, nurses and community pharmacy.
How will it work?
Community pharmacies will be funded to employ on-site pharmacists to be placed in residential aged care facilities. If aged care providers cannot access on-site pharmacists through a community pharmacy of their choice, they will be able to engage on-site pharmacists directly.
For more information on the on-site pharmacist program please refer to: www.health.gov.au/our-work/aged-care-on-site-pharmacist
