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  • Notify National Public Health Service - Midland | Te Manawa Taki

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    ... 19-year-olds living in high deprivation (quintile 5) areas presenting with a sore throat. Information about rheumatic fever for health professionals Information about rheumatic fever for the public - Health Information and Services  (external link) Exclusion and stool clearance criteria guidelines Exclusion and stool clearance criteria guidelines A guide for cases and contacts of food and waterborne illness prepared by the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato public health unit, based on the Ministry of Health “Communicable Disease Control Manual” (updated 2018). Exclusion and ...

  • COVID-19: Advice for all health professionals

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    ... Group (TAG) was established by the Ministry of Health in August 2021 to provide expert advice on existing and emerging medicines for use in the management of COVID-19. This group prepares and provides a range of advice for health professionals on the use of COVID-19 therapeutics including the guidelines on the Clinical Management of COVID-19 in Hospitalised Adults. The Therapeutics Technical Advisory Group last met on May 19 2023.   Position Statement: Molnupiravir is no longer available in New Zealand Aotearoa for the treatment of COVID-19 . For further information please refer to the P ...

  • Administration and Clerical Pay Equity

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-providers/pay-equity-settlements/pay-equity-claims-and-settlements/administration-and-clerical-pay-equity

    ... the National Role Profile and translation Evidence to support translation to a different level including qualifications (or equivalent time served), training completed, meeting criteria for levels. Note:  Please read the Clinical Coder level framework (Schedule 8 of the Operational Guidelines) before making an appeal on the pay level translated to.   4. Appeals on Out of Scope I f employees believe their role is in scope, evidence must include: A description of the key functions of the work the employee(s) carry out for all employees making the appeal and why it fits a role pr ...

  • Official Information Act requests

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    ... considering proactively releasing information. Download - PDF, 432 KB Directory of Official Information (goes to another website) This directory contains contact details for all Government organisations covered by the Act so you can find out exactly where to request information from. Charging Guidelines for OIA requests (goes to another website) This outlines what the government considers a reasonable cost to respond to an OIA request. Ombudsman's Official Information Guides (goes to another website) Guidance from the Office of the Ombudsman about OIA requests. NZ.Stat table viewer (goes ...

  • Laboratory information standards

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    ... notifications into the Electronic Notifiable Disease Messaging System (ENDMS). HISO 10008.3:2024 Notifiable Disease Messaging Implementation Guide (DOCX 636KB) [DOCX, 636 KB] HISO 10008.3:2024 Notifiable Disease Messaging Implementation Guide (PDF 1023KB) [PDF, 1023 KB] This document presents guidelines for sending HL7 version 2.4 messages and covers: specific use of message segments where there are alternative uses, and the enforcement of optional fields that are required for the ENDMS provision of technical information required for a health provider (or their system vendor) to make all the ...

  • Cremation

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    ... of a medical referee under the Regulations, particularly Regulations 7 and 9, and Is not the subject of any other matter that might prejudice the appointment (a copy of the Certificate of Good Standing from the Medical Council of New Zealand is to be included with the application). Download: Guidelines for appointing medical referees - DOCX, 400 KB Download - DOCX, 400 KB Exemption to Cremation Regulations 1973 A Form B cremation certificate may be issued without examining the deceased in situations where a person has died in a residential care facility, rest home or other long term in-patie ...

  • Verocytotoxin - or Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC/STEC)

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/communicable-disease-control-manual/verocytotoxin-or-shiga-toxin-producing-escherichia-coli-vtecstec

    ... checking that water supplies are safe, that produce is not fertilised with animal or human manure, that raw minced meats are cooked properly, that kitchen-handling is hygienic (eg, cooked meats are not returned to the same plate as the raw meat), that fermentation is adequate as per  MPI guidelines (external link) , and whether or not raw drinking milk is being consumed. Educate high risk groups about avoiding eating sprouts and consuming raw drinking milk. If a water supply is involved, liaise with the local territorial authority to inform the public. Advise on the need to boil wat ...

  • Objective 4: Antimicrobial stewardship

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/diseases-and-conditions/antimicrobial-resistance/new-zealand-antimicrobial-resistance-action-plan/objective-4

    ... prudent use directive document for antimicrobials that set expectations for the regulator and the diverse range of sectors within primary industries that can be used to develop specific prudent use guidance documents for their sector.   2  Update current industry judicious use guidelines drawing on information from the current surveillance programme (in line with Priority action areas 3 and 4, activities 9–10).   Year 2-5 activities   3  Use available surveillance information (in line with Priority action areas 3 and 4, activity 15) to identify ...

  • COVID-19: Maternity

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    ... the rights of tangata whenua and encourages all health professionals to adhere to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Ministry of Health encourages health professionals to provide culturally safe care of the whenua/placenta along with evidence based best practice. The cultural guidelines for Māori birthing customs can be found in the Turanga Kaupapa developed by Nga Maia o Aotearoa. The professional body of midwifery has adopted the Turanga Kaupapa in recognition of their obligations to Māori as tangata whenua and should be embedded throughout maternity care. (See   New ...

  • Poliovirus infection

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    ... are clear channels for questions to be answered and key messages are understood   Ensure appropriate cultural and language support is offered   Ensure appropriate clinical support is in place    Further guidance on stool sampling specifically is provided in the Testing Guidelines (external link) section below.    Routine prevention Expand all Vaccination Vaccination Polio is a vaccine preventable disease.    The inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) is part of the National Immunisation Schedule. IPV superseded the oral polio vaccine (OPV) in 2002 as the p ...