Congratulations to our Australian and New Zealand fellows and community representatives recognised in this year's Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Read a message from the ANZCA President, Dr Vanessa Beavis

Find out how we've helped to improve health outcomes in the western Pacific region this year.

We've approved a "wellbeing CPD education sessions" activity for the knowledge and skills category of the ANZCA and FPM CPD program.

POISE-3: Tranexamic acid stems bleeding during non-cardiac surgery

New this month: safety alerts; ACSQHC Low back pain clinical care standard; Victorian liposuction guideline; webAIRS events NZ; sepsis stocktake and other NZ news; and more.

New this month: Safety alerts; ACSQHC Fact sheet on identification of neural route medicines, fluids and lines; Colour-coding for escalating criticality; New Zealand Sepsis Stocktake; ‘Fast Feed and Wrap’ to avoid anaesthesia for babies; and more.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released a new standard on how to insert, maintain and remove peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) safely and effectively.

New this month: Foundation name change, research scholarship, updates on the new Environment and Sustainability Grant and the Patrons Emerging Investigator Research Award.

ANZCA President Dr Vanessa Beavis has had further discussions about the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out regarding concerns with the AstraZeneca vaccine.