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  • Long COVID guidelines released

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    These guidelines are intended to provide clinical guidance on long COVID conditions in both children and adults in Aotearoa New Zealand and are primarily for primary care practitioners, community and hospital clinicians; and will also be useful for individuals who have adults and children in their whanau with long COVID. “We know how COVID-19 has affected a large proportion of New Zealanders since the pandemic began in 2020,” says the Ministry’s Chief Allied Health Professions Officer Dr Martin Chadwick. “We are continuing to learn more about the effects of long COVID and these guideli ...

  • Guidelines and training for abortion service providers

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/health-services-and-programmes/abortion-services/guidelines-and-training-for-abortion-service-providers

    ... skills module and an early pregnancy point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) module. Further modules for later term abortion services are currently developed. New Zealand College of Sexual and Reproductive Health (NZCSRH) (external link) Abortion training — NZCSRH (external link)   Guidelines and training for pharmacists An education package, developed by the Goodfellow Unit, is available for pharmacists. Early medical abortion for pharmacists: mifepristone and misoprostol — Goodfellow unit (external link) The course offers essential knowledge on the safe dispensing of EMA medici ...

  • New Zealand Obstetric Ultrasound Guidelines - Online

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    ... dilation charts Appendix 8: Anatomic locations of ventricular septal defects Appendix 9: SGA scanning schedule References Abbreviations Acknowledgements The Ministry of Health appreciates the time, expertise and commitment of those involved in developing the New Zealand Obstetric Ultrasound Guidelines. Content within these guidelines is derived and modified from Canterbury District Health Board’s obstetric imaging guidelines with permission. All scan images were kindly provided by members of the clinical working group. Members of the clinical working group Dr Rachael McEwing, Radiologist ...

  • Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Guidelines

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    The Aotearoa New Zealand Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease provides updated clinical guidelines for health professionals. These guidelines incorporate the latest evidence available at the time of publishing, ensuring assessment and management reflects current understanding of this condition in Aotearoa New Zealand. This is the 3rd edition of the guidelines, following previous editions in 2006 and 2014 published by the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand, with a sore throat management update in 2019. These new guid ...

  • Case definition and clinical testing guidelines for COVID-19

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    ... Communicable Disease Control Manual Guidance on testing The COVID-19 chapter of the Communicable Disease Manual includes COVID-19 testing advice for the management of COVID-19 and provides recommended testing advice to healthcare professionals. With regards to testing in long Covid, current guidelines do not support any specific testing at this stage. Taking a clinical specimen for COVID-19 and appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) use For guidance on how to take nasopharyngeal, and oropharyngeal + anterior nasal specimens for COVID-19, and the correct PPE to use see COVID-19: Inf ...

  • Guidelines for planned closure or downsizing of aged residential care facilities

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    These guidelines are for situations where the owner of an aged residential care facility makes a decision to close or to downsize beyond a small number of beds. Such decisions often have serious implications for all parties including owners, residents and their families/whanau, facility staff, unions and Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. Aged residential care providers refer to these guidelines in their admission agreements. Download: Guidelines for Planned Closure or Downsizing of Aged Residential Care Facilities - PDF, 188 KB Download - PDF, 188 KB

  • Appendix 3: Immunisation standards for vaccinators and guidelines for organisations offering immunisation services

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    ... The ‘Immunisation standards for vaccinators’ (see   section A3.3 (external link) ) are quality levels all vaccinators should achieve to ensure they can competently deliver safe and effective immunisation services. The ‘Immunisation standards for vaccinators’ and the ‘Guidelines for organisations storing vaccines and/or offering immunisation services’ (see   section A3.4 (external link) ) apply to all vaccinators, including those delivering National Immunisation Schedule vaccines, vaccines on an authorised programme or privately purchased vaccines includin ...

  • Third-trimester scan

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    These guidelines were published in 2019 and are awaiting review, due 2022. Some content may be outdated. Indications   High clinical risk of fetal growth restriction (maternal hypertensive disease, pre‑eclampsia, maternal smoking, IVF, previous FGR/SGA, maternal medical disease) or as per the Growth Assessment Protocol (GAP) Current FGR, SGA or reduced interval fetal growth (see the   SGA guideline (PDF, 2.9 MB) [PDF, 2.9 MB]  for more detail, NZMFMN 2014a and   Appendix 9: SGA scanning schedule ) (section 88 codes: GR and GF) [1] Diabetes (NIDDM, IDDM, gestational d ...

  • Oral health

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/oral-health

    Silver Diamine Fluoride Guidance Guidance on the use of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) is now available for registered oral health practitioners in New Zealand. Endorsed by the Oral Health National Clinical Network, it includes comprehensive recommendations to support New Zealand registered oral health practitioners in the safe and effective application of SDF, for managing dental caries and dental hypersensitivity. The new guidance was initially developed and consulted on by the Oral Health Clinical Advisory Network (OHCAN), which has recently been disestablished. Guidance on the use of Silver

  • Fetal echocardiography

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    These guidelines were published in 2019 and are awaiting review, due 2022. Some content may be outdated. An appropriately experienced operator should perform a screening fetal echocardiogram on women at risk of fetal cardiac anomaly, ideally as part of the 19‑week anatomy scan.   A diagnostic fetal echocardiogram is a tertiary-level scan, often performed by a maternal fetal medicine (MFM) or paediatric cardiology service and is usually performed to assess a previously identified or suspected cardiac anomaly.   When a fetal cardiac anomaly is suspected on a routine 19-week anat ...