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• First-trimester ultrasound

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  These guidelines were published in 2019 and are awaiting review, due 2022. Some content may be outdated. Routine ultrasound should not be offered or requested simply to confirm an ongoing early pregnancy in the absence of any clinical concerns, symptoms or specific indications. The first ultrasound of the pregnancy should ideally be offered when the gestational age is thought to be between   12 and 13+6 weeks   gestation for optimal assessment of fetal anatomy and nuchal translucency (NT). The purpose of the scan is to confirm viability, accurately establish gestational age, det ...

• Early childhood centre health assessments

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  ... review any plans if necessary to provide health advice regarding the design of the ECE service. It is important that your ECE service is ready when we arrive to carry out an assessment. At the time of the assessment, it is expected that the service will be as it is on the opening day. Guidelines for ECE services Health assessment guidelines (PDF 563KB) [PDF, 563 KB] Cleaning and sanitising guidelines (PDF 1.8MB) [PDF, 1.8 MB] Wash down guidelines (PDF 485KB [PDF, 485 KB] Illness guidelines (PDF 914KB) [PDF, 914 KB] Related websites Information for ECE services on a variety of topics. ...

• COVID-19 vaccine delivery

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  Immunisation guidance and resources Expand all Immunisation handbook Immunisation handbook The Immunisation Handbook has a specific chapter about COVID-19 vaccines, including detailed clinical guidance. The handbook provides clinical guidelines for health professionals on the safest and most effective use of vaccines in their practice. These guidelines are based on the best scientific evidence available at the time of publication, from published and unpublished literature. Read the COVID-19 chapter of the Immunisation Handbook Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) Immunisation Advisory Centre (I ...

• Pharmacist vaccinators

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  ... decided that changes to existing standards and processes were unnecessary. Trained pharmacists would be able to vaccinate against influenza. However, they would only be able to provide privately purchased influenza vaccines. This was consistent with the Medicine Regulations and the guidelines in the Immunisation Handbook. The current regulations and standards for pharmacist vaccinators are set out in Appendices   Three   (external link) and   Four (external link)  of the current online version of the Immunisation Handbook. In December 2012, the Ministry met with ...

• Epilepsy Technical Advisory Group

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  ... with epilepsy, through the development of a service model that will: Put patients and whānau at its heart, ensuring that services are tailored to individual needs and outcomes. Integrate hospital services with community care to improve equity in treatment as well as clinical outcomes. Create guidelines to assist people with complex epilepsy which are appropriate to Aotearoa New Zealand: Include options all kinds of care – hospital, outpatient, and community. Make sure people are diagnosed early and referred to the right specialists. Help people manage their epilepsy in the community, with ...

• Programme resources

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  ... test kit instructions (external link) , flyer Positive bowel screening test result (external link) , brochure You’ve got this! (external link) poster What is the National Bowel Screening Programme (external link) , easy read Some resources are available in a range of languages. Brand guidelines The brand guidelines and visual identity for the National Bowel Screening Programme are hosted on the programme’s Uview site. This is the National Bowel Screening Programme’s repository for campaign and other collateral. Access to Uview is by registration – please email bowelscreening@he ...

• Outcome 5

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  ... about the risks and benefits (Perrin et al 2018; Gribble 2013). Where are we now? There are two functioning human milk banks in New Zealand   Aotearoa . There is no national regulatory framework for human milk banks, but the two existing milk banks follow international best practice guidelines. There is no food standard for the processing and/or pasteurisation of human milk. Next steps Implemention the Operational Guidelines for Milk Banks in Australia and New Zealand post document is release in 2020. Guiding documents and tools Strengthening Human Milk Banking: A Global Implementat ...

• Long COVID for health professionals

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  ... for People with Long COVID (pdf,  1019 KB) [PDF, 1019 KB] , including the summary of resources below. Individuals with long COVID will be presenting across the specialties, and we must work collaboratively with allied health colleagues to ensure best practice.   Clinical guidelines for rehabilitation There are two guidelines developed by the Ministry of Health on rehabilitation of people recovering from COVID in Aotearoa – New Zealand, one for the acute phase of rehabilitation, and the other is clinical rehabilitation guideline for people with long COVID. The clinical ...

• Digital, data and technology services – minimum requirements

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  General All new digital services and the data they collect and hold must conform with our published   HISO standards, roadmaps and architecture guidelines (external link) , use standard digital resources such as SNOMED CT and the national terminology service ,  and integrate with the mandated national digital services listed in the  Digital Services Hub , such as the National Health Index (NHI). Digital services should be integrated to support a consistent and seamless user experience and avoid unnecessary duplication of data and functions. Application programming interface ...

• Family violence and child protection

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  ... Action Plan setting out a new collective path for government, tangata whenua, specialist sectors, and communities to eliminate family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa.   Information about Te Aorerekura strategy and action plan (external link) Ministry of Health Family Violence Guidelines Ministry of Health Family Violence Guidelines Guidelines from the Ministry on family violence assessment and intervention.   Information about family violence guidelines (external link) Ministry of Justice: Keeping Children Safe Ministry of Justice: Keeping Children Safe Here you’ll fin ...