MSI Australia Clinical Standards
Our clinical accreditation
All MSI Australia day surgeries are fully accredited against the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, which the Australian Commission sets on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). These standards are mandatory for public and private healthcare facilities
We monitor our performance, providing high-quality healthcare through several safety measures, including clinical supervision and regular clinical audit
Visit the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) website for more information on the accreditation process. Our Clinical Governance Framework ensures that a framework is in place to evaluate, monitor and improve the quality and safety of the health services provided
To view a full copy of our Clinical Governance Framework, please click here.
Our Medical Bylaws and Regulations
- Establish the principles applying to the accreditation and define the scope of practice of practitioners
- Govern the relationship of MSI Australia with its accredited practitioners
- Set out rules for the conduct of accredited practitioners at MSI Australia clinics
- Outline the obligations of accredited practitioners concerning the safety and the quality of care of clients.
To view a full copy of the current Medical Bylaws and Regulations, please click here.
Consumer participation
We actively engage consumer advocates in the design of our services, processes and communications. In addition to client satisfaction surveys, we also welcome feedback about what we could do better from anyone who has used our:
- National support centre
- Telehealth services (phone-based counselling, aftercare, tele-abortion)
- Clinical services (service provided in a day surgery or medical centre setting)
- Any information or resources we provide (website, brochures, videos, booking confirmation emails, etc.)
Client satisfaction
Every client is asked to provide feedback following a procedure, so we can continually improve our care and services. As a result, we receive consistently high satisfaction ratings.
Complication rates
We strive to provide the best care for our clients. As part of our Quality and Safety program, we continually monitor known complications arising from procedures. As a result, our complication rates remain low compared with internationally reported anticipated rates (*BMJ 2014;348:f7553, **American Urology Association (AUA), 2012)
All serious adverse events are reviewed through the National Medical Advisory Committee.
Our 2023 complication rates remained low.
Table 1: Medical Termination of Pregnancy complication rates 2020-2023.
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| Medical termination of pregnancy | 2020 | 2021 |
2022 |
2023 | Benchmark rate* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incomplete abortion | 4.95% |
4.27% |
2.04% |
2.09% |
1.1-4.2% |
| Continuing pregnancy | 0.53% |
0.46% |
0.37% |
0.26% |
0.5-0.7% |
| Infection | 0.27% |
0.24% |
0.17% |
0.32% |
0.2-1.0% |
Table 2: Surgical Termination of Pregnancy complication rates 2020-2023.
| Surgical termination of pregnancy | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Benchmark rate* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Incomplete abortion |
0.89% | 0.61% | 0.54% | 0.44% |
0.3-2% |
Continuing pregnancy |
0.04% | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.01% |
<0.2% |
Cervical injury |
0.02% | 0.06% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
<1% |
Perforation of uterus |
0.04% | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.07% |
0.1-0.4% |
Infection |
0.17% | 0.10% | 0.04% | 0.24% |
0.07% |
Table 3: Vasectomy complication rates 2020-2023.
| Vasectomy | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Benchmark rate* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Failed vasectomy |
0.00% | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
<1% |
Haematoma |
0.15% | 0.04% | 0.16% | 0.42% |
1-2% |
Infection |
0.00% | 0.18% | 0.11% | 0.57% |
1-2% |
Table 4: Anaesthesia complication rates 2020-2023.
| Anaesthesia | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Benchmark rate* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total complication rate |
0.16% | 0.13% | 0.11% | 0.18% |
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Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights
MSI Australia adopts the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights. The Charter provides a framework of client rights which allows clients, families, carers and services providing health care to work together towards a safe and high quality health system, achieving the best possible outcomes. The Charter is guided by the following principles:
- Access
- Safety
- Respect
- Partnership
- Information
- Privacy
- Give feedback
As a client, you have a right to:
- be treated in a professional, courteous and caring manner
- be respected regardless of your gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion and cultural and linguistic diversity
- have your concerns, complaints and suggestions taken seriously.
For more information about your healthcare rights, the Charter, and the access supportive resources, visit safetyandquality.gov.au.
Young People’s rights in healthcare “Be in the Know”
You have the right to:
- what’s best for YOU
- express your views respectfully, be HEARD and have something done about it
- use and receive the BEST available healthcare
- be treated with RESPECT in regards to your values, beliefs and culture. You have a right to be you.
- be with and guided by your FAMILY, unless this is against your best interest
- be FULLY informed, ask questions and be given answers about all matters concerning you. Because being in the know is important.
- be INVOLVED in making decisions that affect you
- be PROTECTED from harm
- you have the right to PRIVACY
- planned coordinated healthcare
For more information please refer to the Children’s Healthcare Australasia – Charter booklet and the Young People’s Healthcare Rights Charter poster.
Open disclosure
MSI Australia practises the principles of Open Disclosure, which involves the open discussion with the client and their support persons regarding clinical adverse incidents or clinical/non-clinical incidents that harm a client while receiving healthcare. Please refer to MSI Australia’s Open Disclosure Policy Statement for more information.
Medical information provided to the public
We follow a strict content approval process, whereby content produced for the general public on our website is reviewed and endorsed as accurate and medically correct by, at a minimum, one qualified medical professional and our Medical Director, Dr Philip Goldstone (MBBS Hons) before being published.
All content aligns with the family planning clinical practice guidelines set out by Family Planning NSW, Family Planning Victoria and True Relationships (QLD), RANZCOG, RCOG and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH).
As a minimum standard, we review this content annually to ensure it continues to be relevant and accurately represents the most recent medical findings and research.
Where relevant, we publish the author and date of the publication, such as with online blog articles. Where no author or date is stated, the article or content reverts to our minimum quality standards of authorship, approval, and review.
We do not receive funding nor accept payment for endorsement or advertising on our website or any other content or media we produce. Our website does not host any form of advertisement. This website is self-funded through the delivery of services to the community.
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