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  • Consumer products

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    ... carbon monoxide poisoning illness caused by exposure to solvents or chlorine contact dermatitis due to chemicals huffing of butane and other hydrocarbons.    More information about notifications is available at Environmental Health Intelligence New Zealand. (external link) Guidelines for public health services Guidelines for public health services These guidelines provide practical advice for investigating and addressing complaints and notifications about poisoning arising from chemical contamination of the environment and hazardous-substances injury. Poisoning and Hazardo ...

  • Antimicrobial prescribing guidance and antibiograms

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    A team of clinicians and researchers is working collaboratively across the motu to merge the guidelines below into a single national prescribing standard to support effective, equitable and sustainable antimicrobial use for Aotearoa New Zealand. Find out more about this mahi and the team: Our projects - Antibiotic Conservation Aotearoa (external link) The team anticipate launching the national guidelines in 2025. For further information, please contact   antimicrobials@cdhb.health.nz . Guidance for community prescribing For guidance for community prescribing   read the 2017 edition o ...

  • Eating and activity guidelines

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    Current guidelines These documents are an important tool for health practitioners and others who provide advice on nutrition and physical activity.   Each guideline has an accompanying health education resource for the general public. Expand all Infants and Toddlers (0–2) Infants and Toddlers (0–2) Healthy Eating Guidelines for New Zealand Babies and Toddlers (Aged 0-2 years old) (September 2021) (external link) Sit Less, Move More, Sleep Well: Active play guidelines for under-fives (Ministry of Health, 2017) (external link) Healthy Eating for Babies and Toddlers from Birth to 2 Years ...

  • 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 ...

  • First-trimester reporting pro forma

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    Normal first-trimester scan These guidelines were published in 2019 and are awaiting review, due 2022. Some content may be outdated.  Clinical [ ] LMP: [ ]   EDD by today’s ultrasound: [ ]. (EDD by dates: [ ])* Gestational age: [ ] weeks, [ ] days ± 4 days (Gestational age by dates: [ ] weeks, [ ] days).*   *   May be included to highlight any discrepancy between ultrasound and clinical dates in the first scan of the pregnancy but should not be used after this.   Findings [TA/TV] scan Anteverted uterus There is ...

  • Research office — Wellington, Hutt and Kapiti

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    ... partners. Research areas Our research office has access to a wide range of clinical specialists and networks for single-centre and multi-centre clinical research trials. Centre for Endocrine, Diabetes and Obesity Research Clinical Trials Unit Intensive Care Unit (external link) Research guidelines and processes Research studies and clinical trials must follow Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora as well as global ethical and technical guidelines. We can help make sure your research adheres to these regulations. Expand all Research Advisory Group — Māori Research Advisory Group — Māor ...

  • Clinical coding courses

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    ... Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA) offers distance-education courses in medical terminology and ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS clinical coding. For further information on the HIMAA courses see HIMAA Education Services (external link) HIMAA Course Assessment and Examination Marking Guidelines for New Zealand Clinical Coders HIMAA Course Assessment and Examination Marking Guidelines for New Zealand Clinical Coders Provided is a summary of the current New Zealand Clinical Coding Conventions and NMDS Reporting Requirements for New Zealand students undertaking HIMAA clinical coding cou ...

  • Non-seasonal influenza

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    ... have pandemic potential. As a result, this is a category of notifiable disease that will only occasionally be activated, although when it is activated, activation is likely to happen quickly. Activation occurs when the Director of Public Health develops and disseminates clinical and related guidelines for the relevant strain. In the absence of any such current guidelines, this category will be inactive. Further information on the surveillance and management of the strain of influenza will be provided through updates to these guidelines, and hence no further information is provided in this m ...

  • STONZ National Manual

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    ... now released. Updates to Clause 10 Employment Related Expenses effective 7 November 2024 Updates made to the Anaesthesia, Pathology and Surgery Reimbursement Lists under Clause 10 effective 13 March 2025 Downloadable clauses Expand all Clause 28 and Appendix 6 Parental Leave and Best Practice Guidelines Clause 28 and Appendix 6 Parental Leave and Best Practice Guidelines Clause 28 Parental Leave and Appendix 6 Best Practice Guidelines [PDF, 173 KB] Last updated July 2024 Form - RMO Parental Leave Application [DOCX, 44 KB] Last updated July 2024 Clause 19 Fatigue Management Clause 19 Fatigue M ...

  • Tuberculosis

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    ... A person with both of the following: positive Mantoux test, Mantoux conversion or positive interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) test no evidence of active disease. Tuberculosis: old disease on preventive treatment: no active disease or latent infection. For more information, see the  Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control in New Zealand 2019 (external link)  (Ministry of Health 2019). Laboratory test for diagnosis Laboratory test for diagnosis Laboratory confirmation requires at least one of the following: positive culture for M. tuberculosis complex positive microscopic examinatio ...