One in 15 hospitalisations in Australia could have been prevented through early health interventions, according to a new report. The Australian Institute of Health and [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the deadly coronavirus that broke out in China and is now sweeping the world a public health emergency [...]
Hospital staff will be encouraged to provide a new two-page guide to patients who are prescribed opioids as inpatients or on discharge as part of [...]
There were almost 95,000 hospitalisations of people with dementia and $20 million spent on anti-dementia medications in 2016-17, two new reports from the Australian Institute [...]
One of the most common infections occurring in hospitals are urinary tract infections, with approximately 1% of admitted patients acquiring this infection in Australia- or [...]
The rate of complications among hospital patients after having a cardiac device implanted vary widely depending on where the procedure takes place, according to new [...]
The following excerpt is from the ANMF’s Aseptic Technique (ANTT®) tutorial on the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) website. Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT®) is based [...]
Sick children in hospital count feeling safe and getting enough sleep at night as their most important needs, according to new research from Edith Cowan [...]
New Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse for the Top End, Ruby Hilario, says she will be able to increase the level of support for the 100 [...]
