Standards of practice
We're responsible for setting the standards of clinical practice for anaesthesia and pain medicine in Australia and New Zealand. Our activities in this area include issuing safety alerts; developing professional documents; and overseeing incident reporting activities.
Our standards of healthcare and patient safety are among the best in the world and we're proud of the part we play in ensuring things stay that way. Through our committees and sub-committees, we oversee a range of incident reporting activities in Australia and New Zealand, as well as being responsible for reviewing, preparing and publishing policies, statements, and guidelines around anaesthesia, pain medicine and perioperative medicine practice. These activities are relevant to a wide range of health care practitioners.
Professional documents
Our professional documents, statements and guidelines are crucial for promoting the safety and quality of patient care for those undergoing anaesthesia for surgical and other procedures and for those receiving pain medicine treatment.
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Anaesthetic incident reporting
We oversee a range of incident reporting activities in Australia and New Zealand, including mortality reporting and webAIRS, to ensure that we continue to be two of the safest countries in the world to undergo anaesthesia.
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