The Safer Medicines at Transitions of Care Collaborative aims to reduce 30-day unplanned re-admissions from participating wards/units by improving the management of medicines to empower consumers to safely transition from hospital to home.
This will be achieved through 4 key improvements:
The Victorian Sepsis Program aims to improve the management of sepsis by supporting Victorian Health Services to implement consistent, evidenced based practice to ensure high quality care provision and reduction in sepsis-related harm.
The Check Again Network aims to ensure Victorians have access to safe and suitable antibiotics. This will be done by starting or improving programs to assess and test penicillin allergies in hospitals across Victoria.
This project aims to prevent blood clots and support management of blood-thinning medicines for patients in hospital.
The project has 2 streams:
This project aims to reduce overall Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) infections by improving:
Reducing this hospital acquired complication and improving management may reduce the length of stay and potentially other complications, while improving patient outcomes and experience.
This project aims to reduce preterm and early term birth by 20% among participating Victorian maternity services by June 2026.
This work is part of a broader National Preterm Birth Prevention Collaborative with:
This project aims to improve safety culture within the birth suite settings across Victoria through testing and implementing the Victorian Safety Culture Guide over a 12-month pilot program.
The Safer Care for Kids: ViCTOR project aims to reduce vari