Author: ACQA Committee

Updates to use of alcohol based hand rub in food preparation areas.

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Dear Members, In January we made a change to the timetable for Feedback Management to help level out the audit workloads. In a recent update, we inadvertently rolled back those timetable changes. This issue may mean that you may have missed the Feedback Management audit which is scheduled for last month. As of today, we…

Dear Members, We are pleased to announce that we now support Auditing across all sectors covered by the incoming Single Quality Framework. In addition to our Residential Aged Care Audits, we are introducing a complete separate set of Audits, covering Homecare and Assisted Living. Practically-speaking, providers using these Audits will have a separate site set…

Dear Members, Today we have made a minor update to the timetable for Medication Management. Previously, Feedback Management** was scheduled for April and September. Today we have moved the April audit back to March to help level out workloads and make the audit schedule more consistent across the board. To ensure that your current timetable…

Dear Members, As of today we have deployed a second major release to our audits. These updates are the result of hundreds of hours working together. The ACQA committee thanks new and existing members for their contribution. Access to these audits will no doubt assist our members in rapidly transitioning to the new Standards. You can…

Dear Members, In the recent past, common browsers like Google Chrome and others have phased out flash support in their browsers. Our data export functionality had been reliant on flash. As of today, we introduced the ability to export data without flash. This means that members who have had issues in the past exporting data…

Dear Members, Gail Harding represented ACQA feedback, concerns and suggestions to the the Staffing Ratio Disclosure Inquiry earlier today. Details of our submission are now available on our new website. https://www.acqa.org.au/2018/10/26/acqa-submission-to-staffing-ratio-disclosure/ Special thanks to all those who contributed their thoughts and insights via our feedback survey and directly to the Committee. We appreciate your input….

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