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  • Long COVID Expert Advisory Group

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    The Long COVID Expert Advisory Group was established in May 2022 and completed its work in November 2022. They assessed the evidence on long COVID to see how it related to Aotearoa New Zealand, and to help develop recommendations for clinical practice and guidelines.   You can read the guidelines that were produced at the Ministry of Health Website (external link) Membership Dr Martin Chadwick (Chair)   - Chief Allied Health Professions Officer within the Ministry of Health. Dr Donna Cormack   (Kāti Mamoe, Kai Tahu) – Senior Researcher, Department of Public Health University ...

  • National Intestinal Failure & Rehabilitation Service (NIFRS)

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    ... patients get the right kind of care quickly. Managing the registry of people with intestinal failure and making sure that information is used properly. Sharing treatment processes for people with long-term intestinal failure to help them recover and return to eating food normally. Standards, guidelines and pathways Standards, guidelines and pathways The NIFRS guidance for children and adults (external link) is hosted the Starship Clinical Guidelines site. The web-based format allows the service to update advice as knowledge evolves.  Papers and reports Development of the New Zealand Nat ...

  • Cardiovascular disease publications

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    ... of educational videos answering common questions and offering support to general practice for the more heart and diabetes checks and better help for smokers to quit health targets has been developed. Effective behaviour change in long-term conditions Published   02 October 2012 The NZ Guidelines Group completed a rapidE process as part of their contract with the Ministry of Health to produce evidence-based guidance for the health sector focusing on implementation. The rapidE process looked at the available evidence on the effectiveness of health behaviour change interventions for peop ...

  • For Hospitals

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    ... peoples will be disproportionately impacted by worse health outcomes due to antibiotic resistance. What hospital prescribers can do What hospital prescribers can do What hospital prescribers can do   Prescribe antibiotics only when needed, using your current antimicrobial treatment guidelines. (See   Antimicrobial prescribing guidance and antibiograms ) Check out the recommendations for using or avoiding antibiotics at Choosing Wisely. (See   Choosing Wisely antibiotic messages ) Talk to your patients about the importance of appropriate antibiotic use and the dangers of a ...

  • Objective 3: Infection prevention and control

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    ... Resistance Action Plan is to improve infection prevention and control measures across human health and animal care settings to prevent infection and transmission of micro-organisms. Priority action areas Expand all Priority action area 7 Priority action area 7 Develop and update national guidelines and standards for IPC to achieve a nationally consistent approach, and enhance accreditation and quality assurance programmes so that more practitioners follow best-practice IPC measures across human health, animal health and agriculture. Ongoing activities Keep national guidelines for resista ...

  • NCSP Sector Update – June 2023

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    Clinical Practice Guidelines Are Out The National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) Clinical Practice Guidelines 2023 for Cervical Screening in Aotearoa New Zealand are now available, and are for use from 26 July when HPV testing becomes the primary screen for cervical cancer prevention. The Guidelines have been developed for practitioners providing health services across the cervical screening pathway. They provide a standardised national approach in order to assist providers to achieve best-practice outcomes. The Guidelines define screening pathways and clinical management guidelines for u ...

  • Food

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    ... Standards Australia New Zealand   are responsible for food safety and food standards in New Zealand. Food safety - Ministry for Primary Industries (external link) Food Standards Australia New Zealand (external link) Nutrition Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is responsible for providing guidelines and developing policy on   nutrition . Foodborne illness Information about common foodborne illnesses, including salmonella and campylobacter, can be found on the   Ministry for Primary Industries website. Food poisoning and bacteria and viruses in food - Ministry for Primary Industr ...

  • Health workforce information programme

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    ... updated January 2022 HWIP Self-Analysis Template HWIP Self-Analysis Template This Excel spreadsheet template is intended to be used by DHBs, to check workforce data before submission to the HWIP data collection. DHB Self-Analysis Template [XLSX, 7.4 MB] Last updated January 2022 HWIP Coding Guidelines HWIP Coding Guidelines This document provides guidance and advice to assist DHBs with achieving good quality coding within the DHB quarterly submissions to the HWIP. HWIP Coding Guidelines [PDF, 569 KB] Last updated July 2016 HWIP ANZSCO Code Manual HWIP ANZSCO Code Manual This document has be ...

  • Records Management

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    ... Unit (NSU) which is part of the National Health Board, National Services Purchasing group of the Ministry of Health. Download - PDF, 135 KB Download: Appendix One - NSU Retention and Disposal Schedule - PDF, 37 KB Retention and disposal schedule. Download - PDF, 37 KB Download: Implementation guidelines for internal NSU and Ministry staff (pdf, 213 KB) - PDF, 213 KB Information about the retention and disposal schedule Download - PDF, 213 KB Download: Implementation Guidelines for NSU Providers - PDF, 72 KB Information about retention and disposal schedule for NSU providers Download - PDF, 72 ...

  • About classification

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    ... New Zealand public hospitals: ICD-10-AM – Alphabetic Index and Tabular List of Diseases and Health Related Problems ACHI – Alphabetic Index and Tabular List of Interventions Australian Coding Standards ACS – Australian Coding Standards Additional clinical coding advice and guidelines National reporting requirements and clinical coding conventions. ICD-10-AM and ACHI Alphabetic Indices and Tabular Lists contain classification conventions and instructions. The ACS are the national standards for coding of clinical data using ICD-10-AM and ACHI. The ACS provides classification ...