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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • New Zealand Deafness Notification Database

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    Consent If a child has been referred from the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (UNHSEIP) for a potential hearing loss, their family will already have provided consent to include them in the database. If a child has not been referred from the UNHSEIP, the audiologist will need a signed DND consent form.  Once consent is obtained audiologists then complete an online notification form which includes information about the child such as their age, the type and severity of the hearing loss and their demographic details.  Audiologists are strongly encouraged to send the information to th

  • Clinical forms

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    Health Pathway Find your local NCSP HealthPathway (external link) .    Laboratory forms Lab form for HPV/cytology and/or histology samples [PDF, 69 KB] Hysterectomy form Hysterectomy information required to update the NCSP Register [DOCX, 77 KB] Colposcopy form Colposcopy manual form [PDF, 152 KB] Withdrawing from the NCSP Participants can withdraw from the NCSP and still have screening tests. Their information will not be recorded or kept on the Register.   You will need to work out the best way to manage their reminders and results. They can rejoin the NCSP at any time. 

  • Eating disorder service specifications

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    Eating disorder services Tier 2 Document link Status Purchase units Date of publication Eating Disorders Services [PDF, 300 KB] T2_MHA_EatingDisordersServices_202409 Mandatory   September 2024 Tier 3 Document link Status Purchase units Date of publication Clinical Outpatient Services for Eating Disorders [PDF, 303 KB] T3_MHA_ClinicalOutpatientServicesForEatingDisorders_202409 Non-mandatory MHE29A, MHE29B, MHE29C, MHE29D, MMHE29E, MHE29S September 2024 Community Services for Eating Disorders [DOCX, 64 KB] T3_MHA_CommunityServicesForEatingDisorders_202409 Non-mandatory MHE30A, MHE30B, MHE30

  • Pertussis (whooping cough)

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    ... cases that are part of an institutional outbreak or community-wide outbreak to be classified as probable if they have a clinically compatible illness, regardless of the duration of cough. Laboratory criteria – removal of laboratory suggestive evidence category.  Laboratory testing guidelines – removal of culture testing pathway; new guidance for prioritisation of testing in periods of high pertussis activity. Purpose of testing, Interpretation of results, Public health service responsibilities for testing, Interpretation of test results – new subsections Case management – Te ...

  • Ebola

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    ...   CDC website (external link) . Note that the CDC training video is based on PPE being used at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the US, and there are likely to be variations in local PPE equipment. If you have any queries, please discuss these with your IPC nurse specialist. Patient management guidelines for Primary Care Download: Patient Management Guideline for Primary Care - Ebola virus disease (EVD) - DOCX, 262 KB Download - DOCX, 262 KB Viral haemorrhagic fevers chapter of Communicable Disease Control Manual Viral haemorrhagic fevers chapter   of the Communicable Disease Control Manu ...

  • 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 ...

  • COVID-19: Surveillance strategy

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    The goal of the surveillance strategy This version of Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 Surveillance Strategy replaces the previous versions published in January 2021 and August 2021. COVID-19 surveillance’s goal is to monitor, evaluate and inform the equitable delivery of Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 Minimisation and Protection Strategy (of which the COVID-19 Protection Framework will be part). Effective COVID-19 surveillance gives decision makers timely access to information and evidence to inform action to detect and respond to cases. Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 Surveillance St