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  • Pharmaceutical co-payment

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    Prescription co-payments From 1 July 2024 prescriptions from approved providers may attract a maximum $5 prescription co-payment per item. Approved providers are: Public hospitals Midwives (with a Section 94 Notice) Family Planning Clinics General Practices (as long as they are part of a PHO). After Hours Accident and Medical Services (as long as they have a Health New Zealand or a PHO contract) During normal business hours (ie, not after hours) general practitioners where the person is not enrolled (ie, ‘casual’ visits) are approved if the person is an eligible person and the general prac

  • 2. Processes for safe immunisation

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/immunisation-handbook/2-processes-for-safe-immunisation

    ... Medical Officer of Health under Regulation 44AB of the Medicines Regulations 1984 (see A3.6 ).  The vaccines a person may administer will vary depending on the lawful basis upon which they can administer a vaccine or vaccines (see A3.6 ). 2.1. Pre-vaccination The ‘Immunisation standards for vaccinators’ and the ‘Guidelines for organisations storing vaccines and/or offering immunisation services’ apply to the delivery of all Schedule vaccines and those not on the Schedule. See   Appendix 3 . The vaccinator is responsible for ensuring all the vaccines they are handli ...

  • Appendix 7: Vaccine presentation, preparation, disposal, and needle-stick recommendations

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    ... hand rub if hands are not visibly soiled). Prepare the appropriate injection equipment for the vaccines to be administered (see   section 2.2 ) . Ensure the refrigerator temperature is within the required range of +2°C to +8°C before removing the vaccines (refer to the National Standards for Vaccine Storage and Transportation for Immunisation Providers 2017 (2nd edition) ). Ensure the correct vaccine is taken from the refrigerator and that it is within the expiry date. Vaccines should only be drawn up after informed consent has been obtained and the vaccine requirements determ ...

  • Credentialling

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    ... guide [PDF, 145 KB] Evidence of continuing professional education Evidence of continuing professional education Credentialling final assessment summary document to be used by assessors Credentialling final assessment summary document to be used by assessors This document illustrates all the standards you will be assessed against, and what the assessors will be looking for. Credentialling final assessment summary document [PDF, 462 KB] If you have any questions or would like clarification of any part of the process, please email meshcredentialling@cdhb.health.nz and someone will be in touch ...

  • Foreword and acknowledgements

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    Foreword Much of the surveillance of communicable disease in New Zealand is underpinned by the legal requirement – under the Health Act 1956 and Tuberculosis Act 1948 – for medical practitioners, and laboratories that handle human specimens, to notify named diseases. The primary purpose of this notification system is to prompt public health action to manage the case and reduce risk. The Communicable Disease Control Manual aims to assist this objective; specifically, it seeks to inform and assist those at the frontline of public health action, namely the medical officers of health, health p

  • Colour vision deficiency tests

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    About colour blindness Colour vision deficiency is more often known as colour blindness. Its most common features are the loss or limited function of red or green photopigments – yellow and green appear redder and it can be difficult to tell violet from blue. Very rarely a person may have complete colour blindness and see the world in black, white and grey. Children are born with colour vision deficiency. It’s not something they can catch or develop after birth. Colour vision deficiency affects about 10% of the approximately 26,000 boys who are screened as part of standard Year 7 chec

  • Health Sector Architects Group publications

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    Health Information Exchange: Trial implementation options In 2012, the National Health IT Board sponsored an investigation by healthAlliance into practical opportunities for introducing the new interoperability architecture. The project report identifies a number of such options for improving information sharing in northern district health boards. Health Information Exchange: Trial implementation options (pdf, 2 MB) [PDF, 2 MB] Reference Architecture for Interoperability Foundations The first part of the Reference Architecture for Interoperability is primarily about document-orientated interfa

  • National Maternity Collection

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    The National Maternity Collection (MAT) provides statistical, demographic and clinical information about selected publicly funded maternity services up to nine months before and three months after a birth. MAT contains data on primary maternity services provided under Section 88 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000. MAT also contains inpatient and day-patient health event data during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period for mother and baby, sourced from the   National Minimum Dataset (NMDS) . MAT is used by the Ministry of Health, DHBs, PHOs, clinicians, researche

  • Section A: Key Information

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/health-services-and-programmes/vaccine-information/immunisation-onboarding-guide-new-providers/section-a-key-information

    ... resources available for download, which can also be ordered from HealthEd (external link) for free. Resources For Healthcare Professionals Resources For Healthcare Professionals Cold Chain resources The  Health NZ website (external link) provides information on the Cold Chain National Standards (external link) and offers resources to develop cold chain management policies, including self-assessment forms and policy templates. The Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) (external link) also has cold chain resources and guidance available online (external link) . Clinical and training IMAC ...

  • Pay equity settlement - information for employees

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    ... are being accepted. Care and support workers can provide evidence of their qualification in the form of a graduation certificate, and for New Zealand qualifications, also via their New Zealand Record of Achievement (NZ RoA) which is an official transcript all the New Zealand qualifications and standards that a person has achieved as reported by NZQA-accredited education organisations. Authenticity of an ROA can be verified at on   the NZQA website (external link) . All care and support workers (as at 30 June 2017) who reach 12 years current continuous service with their employer after 1 ...