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  • Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/health-services-and-programmes/infection-prevention-and-control/surgical-site-infection-improvement-programme

    ... Brochure Preventing Infection After Surgery (October 2016) [PDF, 1.3 MB] VLAD FAQs  The following FAQs supplement the information on the ‘Overview’ and ‘Technical notes’ sections of the Methodology page in the VLAD report.  VLAD :Frequently Asked Questions [PDF, 541 KB] Guidelines: Surgical antimicrosbial prophylaxis This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to use surgical prophylaxis more effectively to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive. Appropriate use of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis is an evidence based i ...

  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

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    ... need to diagnose FASD, and people living with FASD, and their families are well supported. FASD actions for 2024-25 Initiatives Actions Purpose FASD awareness and capability building training. Training Child Development Services (CDS) professionals based on New Zealand’s FASD diagnostic guidelines (external link) Development and delivery of a new training programme for NZQA-approved FASD micro-credential skill standards 40005 and 40006 which is relevant to the FASD and affiliated workforce Community FASD training specifically focused on a non-clinical workforce and community practitione ...

  • Emergency management

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    ... can reduce the impact on health services and respond to the health needs of people impacted by the event. The health and disability sector has plans and processes in place that ensure we can respond to emergencies of any type and scale. Health emergency legislation, regulations and national guidelines Health districts and most health and disability service providers have a responsibility to respond to, and provide health care for, their communities during periods of emergencies under various Acts, regulations and national guidelines including (but not limited to): Health Act 1956 Civil Defe ...

  • Diphtheria

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/communicable-disease-control-manual/diphtheria

    ... 242–9. Communicable Disease Report. 2000. Three cases of toxigenic   Corynebacterium ulcerans   infection. CDR Weekly 10(6). ISSN 1350-9357. Farizo KM, Strebel PM, Chen RT, et al. 1993. Fatal respiratory disease due to   Corynebacterium diphtheriae : case report and review of guidelines for management, investigation, and control. Clinical Infectious Diseases 16(1): 59–68. Heymann DL (ed). 2008. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual (19th edition). Washington: American Public Health Association. Miller LW, Bickham S, Jones WL, et al. 1974. Diphtheria carriers and the effec ...

  • Working together on quality improvements for NT and CRL measurements

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    ... the January to December 2014 period. This feedback has been endorsed by the New Zealand branch of the Royal New Zealand and Australian College of Radiologists (RANZCR) and the New Zealand branch of Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM).   Tools and resources The Guidelines for nuchal translucency (NT) and crown rump length (CRL) measurements  are to outline best practice technique, image review and external quality improvement requirements to ensure best practice scanning for this screening. Read the Guidelines for nuchal translucency (NT) and crown ru ...

  • Pain service

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-professionals/hospital-and-specialist-services/pain-service

    ... service does not provide a paediatric service. Biomedical referrals will usually only be considered for those 16 years and over. Inclusion in the pain management programme (PMP) is limited to over 21 years. Patient with significant cognitive impairment or decline will not be accepted. Our guidelines and policy for acceptance is that the patient is no longer actively seeking treatments or investigations, therefore we do not see people while they are undergoing other treatments so at this stage we will have to decline this referral.  Palliative care patients should be referred to more ...

  • Family violence and sexual violence

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    ... of Justice and Oranga Tamariki providing specialist services for people who experience non-fatal strangulation funding of several health-related primary prevention initiatives. In this section Te Aorerekura: National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence Family violence guidelines Reports on Violence Intervention Programmes (VIP) in district health boards Establishing a Violence Intervention Programme (VIP) Family violence questions and answers Health professional resources Family violence organisations and websites

  • Management of multimorbidity

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    ... care for. For more information see   Health literacy (external link) . Management and support Supporting people with multimorbidity to manage their conditions requires a multipronged approach. Clinical trials usually exclude people with multimorbidity. Applying multiple single disease guidelines has risks including [1 (external link) ] poly-pharmacy with drug-drug or drug-disease interactions contradictory recommendations high treatment burden inattention to social and personal context and failure to align care with personal goals and preferences. [1 ]   Tinetti et al 2004, NEJM ...

  • Resources for antibiotic awareness

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    ... that this is a major global issue. [Souixsie Wiles to camera] So, what can we do about it? Well, learning about antimicrobial resistance and talking to our friends and family about it is really important. If your doctor prescribes you antibiotics, ask them - are following the latest guidelines? If they don’t prescribe antibiotics, well trust them, you don’t need them. Remember antibiotics don’t work against viruses. [Ian Town to camera] So our doctors and nurses and other prescribers across New Zealand are really well aware of the need to use antibiotics wisely. [John Roche to ...

  • 23. Tuberculosis

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/immunisation-handbook/23-tuberculosis

    ... People with latent TB infection and non-pulmonary TB disease are not infectious. Incubation period Between 2 and 10 weeks from infection to primary lesion or significant tuberculin skin test (Mantoux) reaction. Period of communicability May be years with untreated pulmonary TB. See the  Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control in New Zealand 2019 (external link)  (or current edition) – see   section 23.5.3 . Burden of disease Disseminated and meningeal TB are more common in very young children. The immunocompromised individuals, particularly HIV-infected, are more at risk of dise ...