**NEW** 2026 TSANZ Spirometry Standards - strengthening quality and competency in Australian spirometry services

This marks an important step forward to ensure consistent, high quality spirometry is delivered across Australian primary care services. A key change is the clear expectation that any services offering spirometry must ensure staff are meeting training requirements. This is in recognition that quality testing requires skilled operators that can maintain the equipment and understand quality including coaching the test, recognising errors and interpreting results. This will help ensure accurate, reliable results no matter where testing is performed, including: - general practice - occupational health - community health services - research centres - pharmacy - mine sites - all other primary care environments We encourage all practices offering spirometry to review the new standards and consider how they apply to your service.