Professional documents
ANZCA's professional documents are crucial for promoting the quality and safety of patient care for those undergoing anaesthesia for surgical and other procedures.
The professional documents define the College’s requirements for training and for hospitals providing such training, provide guidance to the College’s Fellows on standards of anaesthetic practice, define the College’s policies, and serve other purposes that the College deems appropriate. Professional documents are also referred to by government and other bodies, particularly with regard to accreditation of healthcare facilities.
The professional documents are regularly reviewed and amended in accordance with changes in knowledge, practice and technology. A01 Policy for the Development and Review of Professional Documents guides this process. For further information or feedback about the professional documents, please email profdocs@anzca.edu.au.
Current documents are available below.
Please note that on January 1, 2010, the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM), formerly the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (JFICM), was established as an independent entity. All references to JFICM within professional documents should be interpreted as references to CICM.
Recent developments
T04 Guidelines on Equipment to Manage a Difficult Airway During Anaesthesia and the accompanying background paper have been reissued following a pilot phase. No changes to technical content were considered necessary however the code and title have been amended (previously TG4 Equipment to Manage a Difficult Airway During Anaesthesia).
Two new professional documents were released in 2011 and are currently being piloted: TE22 Policy on Simulation Centres Offering the Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises (EMAC) Course and PS53 Statement on the Handover Responsibilities of the Anaesthetist. As a consequence of the latter, PS10 Guidelines on the Handover of Responsibility During an Anaesthetic and PS20 Recommendations on Responsibilities of the Anaesthetist in the Post-Anaesthesia Period have been withdrawn.
T03 Minimum Safety Requirements for Anaesthetic Machines for Clinical Practice was reissued in July 2011 with amendments to items 1.4, 2.2.2, 3.13 and 4.3.1. This professional document remains in pilot phase and will be reviewed early this year.
PS03 Guidelines for the Management of Major Regional Analgesia has been reviewed and a revised version is now being piloted, along with a newly developed background paper.
All professional documents can now be downloaded in one zip file. Please scroll down to access this feature.
Code of professional conduct
The Code of Professional Conduct provides guidelines for the professional behaviour expected of Fellows. The code complements the College’s professional documents and emphasises that Fellows have a responsibility to honour these documents and contribute to their ongoing development and revision.
Professional standards
- PS01 Recommendations on Essential Training for Rural General Practitioners in Australia Proposing to Administer Anaesthesia
- PS02 Statement on Credentialling and Defining the Scope of Clinical Practice in Anaesthesia
- PS03 Guidelines for the Management of Major Regional Analgesia (**PILOT**)
- PS04 Recommendations for the Post-Anaesthesia Recovery Room
- PS06 The Anaesthesia Record. Recommendations on the Recording of an Episode of Anaesthesia Care
- PS07 Recommendations for the Pre-Anaesthesia Consultation
- PS08 Recommendations on the Assistant for the Anaesthetist
- PS09 Guidelines on Sedation and/or Analgesia for Diagnostic and Interventional Medical, Dental or Surgical Procedures
- PS12 Statement on Smoking as Related to the Perioperative Period
- PS15 Recommendations for the Perioperative Care of Patients Selected for Day Care Surgery
- PS16 Statement on the Standards of Practice of a Specialist Anaesthetist
- PS18 Recommendations on Monitoring During Anaesthesia
- PS19 Recommendations on Monitored Care by an Anaesthetist
- PS26 Guidelines on Consent for Anaesthesia or Sedation
- PS27 Guidelines for Fellows Who Practise Major Extracorporeal Perfusion
- PS28 Guidelines on Infection Control in Anaesthesia
- PS29 Statement on Anaesthesia Care of Children in Healthcare Facilities Without Dedicated Paediatric Facilities
- PS31 Recommendations on Checking Anaesthesia Delivery Systems
- PS37 Statement on Local Anaesthesia and Allied Health Practitioners
- PS38 Statement Relating to the Relief of Pain and Suffering and End of Life Decisions
- PS39 Minimum Standards for Intrahospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients
- PS40 Policy for the Relationship Between Fellows, Trainees, and the Healthcare Industry (**PILOT**)
- PS41 Guidelines on Acute Pain Management
- PS42 Recommendations for Staffing of Departments of Anaesthesia
- PS43 Statement on Fatigue and the Anaesthetist
- PS44 Guidelines to Fellows Acting on Appointments Committees for Senior Staff in Anaesthesia
- PS45 Statement on Patients' Rights to Pain Management and Associated Responsibilities
- PS46 Recommendations for Training and Practice of Diagnostic Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography in Adults
- PS49 Guidelines on the Health of Specialists and Trainees
- PS50 Recommendations on Practice Re-Entry for a Specialist Anaesthetist
- PS51 Guidelines for the Safe Administration of Injectable Drugs in Anaesthesia
- PS52 Minimum Standards for Transport of Critically Ill Patients (previously IC-10)
- PS53 Statement on the Handover Responsibilities of the Anaesthetist (**PILOT**)
Technical
- T01 Recommendations on Minimum Facilities for Safe Administration of Anaesthesia in Operating Suites and Other Anaesthetising Locations
- T03 Minimum Safety Requirements for Anaesthetic Machines for Clinical Practice (**PILOT**)
- T04 Guidelines on Equipment to Manage a Difficult Airway During Anaesthesia
Training and educational
- TE01 Recommendations for Hospitals Seeking College Approval for Vocational Training in Anaesthesia
- TE02 Policy on Vocational Training Modules and Module Supervision
- TE03 Policy on Supervision of Clinical Experience for Vocational Trainees in Anaesthesia
- TE04 Policy on Duties of Regional Education Officers in Anaesthesia
- TE05 Policy for Supervisors of Training in Anaesthesia
- TE06 Guidelines on the Duties of an Anaesthetist
- TE07 Guidelines for Secretarial and Support Services to Departments of Anaesthesia
- TE08 Guidelines for the Learning Portfolio for Trainees in Anaesthesia
- TE09 Guidelines on Quality Assurance in Anaesthesia
- TE10 Recommendations for Vocational Training Programs
- TE11 Policy on the Formal Project
- TE13 Guidelines for the Provisional Fellowship Program
- TE14 Policy for the In-Training Assessment (ITA) Process (**PILOT**)
- TE18 Policy for Assisting Trainees in Difficulty (**PILOT**)
- TE19 Policy on Trainee Illness or Disability (**PILOT**)
- TE20 Guidelines for Hospitals Seeking College Approval for Vocational Training in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine (previously PS47)
- TE21 Recommendations for Retrieval Services Seeking College Approval for Vocational Training in Anaesthesia (**PILOT**) (previously PS52)
- TE22 Policy on Simulation Centres Offering the Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises (EMAC) Course (**PILOT**)
Examinations
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