Prof docs monthly update

10 September 2024

Your monthly digest of professional document developments.

Under development/review ​

• PG48 Advice on management of substance use disorder in all medical practitioners in anaesthesia and pain management (under development)
• PG28(A) Guideline on infection control in anaesthesia (under review)
• PG47(POM) Guideline on training and practice of perioperative point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) (under development)
• PG46(POM) Guideline on training and practice of perioperative cardiac ultrasound in adults (under review)
• PG44 Guideline on advice for retraining or further training in anaesthesia and pain medicine (under development)
• PG69 Guideline on perioperative anaphylaxis management (under development)
• PG52(G) Guideline for transport of critically ill patients (under review)
• PS45(G) Position statement on patients' rights to pain management and associated responsibilities (under review)
• (PM) Position statement on use of "off label" or medicines beyond licence in pain medicine (under development)
• (PM) Scope of clinical practice for specialist pain medicine physicians (under development)

Pilot

• CP01 Listing of standard abbreviations and definitions for professional documents (ends November 2024)
• CP23 Policy for professional document framework (ends November 2024)
• CP24 Policy for development and review of professional documents (ends November 2024)
• PS55(A) Minimum safe facilities – Appendix 3 - Non-airway burns/fires in the operating room (ends September 2024)
• PS15(PM) Statement on the clinical approach to persistent pelvic pain including endometriosis-associated pain 2024 (including its background paper PS15(PM)BP) (ends January 2025)

Final version

• PG07(A) Guideline on pre-anaesthesia consultation and patient preparation and background paper PG07(A)BP 
• PS62(G) Position statement on cultural competence and background paper PS62(G)BP 

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