Aged Care Quality Standards (Australia)
Standard 5 - Clinical care

Aged Care Quality Standards (Australia) ACQS25-5.3: 15-30(3) Appropriate use of antimicrobials

What does ACQS25-5.3 require?

The provider must ensure individuals, aged care workers, registered health practitioners and others are encouraged and supported to use antimicrobials appropriately to reduce the risk of increasing resistance.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 1 controls across 1 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • 3(3)(g) Requirement 3(3)(g) Minimisation of infection-related risks, including antimicrobial stewardship

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Other controls in Standard 5 - Clinical care

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