Professional documents and statements Our professional documents, statements and guidelines are crucial for promoting the safety and quality of patient care for those undergoing anaesthesia for surgical and other procedures and for those receiving pain medicine treatment. These documents contain information relevant to the clinical, administrative and ethical practice of anaesthesia and/or pain medicine. They fall into the following categories: Professional documents Policies are documents that formally state a principle, plan and/or course of action that is prescriptive and mandatory. Position statements are documents that describe where the college stands on a particular issue. This may include areas that lack clarity or where opinions vary. A position statement is not definitive, prescriptive or binding. Guidelines are documents that offer advice on a particular subject, that: Are ideally based on best practice recommendations and information. May be based on available evidence and/or expert consensus. Are not prescriptive. This category also includes guidelines developed by external organisations on aspects of the practice of anaesthesia, perioperative medicine and/or pain medicine that have been formally endorsed by the ANZCA Council. FPM policies, standards, position statements and guidelines that have endorsed by the FPM Board are listed below. Select Document Download Type A01 Policy for the development and review of professional documents PDF A01BP Policy for the development and review of professional documents Background Paper PDF A02 Policy on endorsement of externally developed guidelines PDF A02BP Policy on endorsement of externally developed guidelines Background Paper PDF PS01 Recommendations on essential training for rural general practitioners in Australia proposing to administer anaesthesia PDF PS02 Statement on credentialling and defining the scope of clinical practice in anaesthesia PDF PS02BP Statement on credentialling and defining the scope of clinical practice in anaesthesia Background Paper PDF PS03 Guideline for the management of major regional analgesia PDF PS03BP Guideline for the management of major regional analgesia Background Paper PDF PS04 Statement on the post-anaesthesia care unit PDF PS04BP Statement on the post-anaesthesia care unit Background Paper PDF PS06 Guideline on the anaesthesia record (PILOT) PDF PS06BP Guideline on the anaesthesia record Background Paper (PILOT) PDF PS07 Guideline on pre-anaesthesia consultation and patient preparation PDF PS07BP Guideline on pre-anaesthesia consultation and patient preparation Background Paper PDF PS08 Statement on the assistant for the anaesthetist PDF PS08BP Statement on the assistant for the anaesthetist Background Paper PDF PS09 Guideline on sedation and/or analgesia for diagnostic and interventional medical, dental or surgical procedures PDF PS12 Guideline on smoking as related to the perioperative period PDF PS12BP Guideline on smoking as related to the perioperative period Background Paper PDF PS15 Guideline for the perioperative care of patients selected for day stay procedures PDF PS15BP Guideline for the perioperative care of patients selected for day stay procedures Background Paper PDF PS18 Guideline on monitoring during anaesthesia PDF PS18BP Guideline on monitoring during anaesthesia Background Paper PDF PS19 Recommendations on monitored care by an anaesthetist PDF PS26 Statement on informed consent for anaesthesia or sedation (PILOT) PDF PS26BP Statement on informed consent for anaesthesia or sedation Background Paper (PILOT) PDF PS27 Guideline for major extracorporeal perfusion PDF PS27BP Guideline for major extracorporeal perfusion Background Paper PDF PS28 Guideline on infection control in anaesthesia PDF PS28BP Guideline on infection control in anaesthesia Background Paper PDF PS29 Guideline for the provision of anaesthesia care to children (PILOT) PDF PS29BP Guideline for the provision of anaesthesia care to children Background Paper (PILOT) PDF PS31 Guideline on checking anaesthesia delivery systems PDF PS31BP Guideline on checking anaesthesia delivery systems Background Paper PDF PS37 Guideline for health practitioners administering local anaesthesia PDF PS37BP Guideline for health practitioners administering local anaesthesia Background Paper PDF PS40 Statement on the relationship between fellows, trainees and the healthcare industry PDF PS40BP Statement on the relationship between fellows, trainees and the healthcare industry Background Paper PDF PS41 Guideline on acute pain management PDF PS42 Statement on staffing of accredited departments of anaesthesia PDF PS42BP Statement on staffing of accredited departments of anaesthesia Background Paper PDF PS43 Guideline on fatigue risk management in anaesthesia practice (PILOT) PDF PS43BP Guideline on fatigue risk management in anaesthesia practice Background Paper (PILOT) PDF PS45 Statement on patients' rights to pain management and associated responsibilities PDF PS46 Guideline on Training and Practice of Perioperative Cardiac Ultrasound in Adults PDF PS46BP Guideline on training and practice of perioperative cardiac ultrasound in adults Background Paper PDF PS49 Guideline on the health of specialists, specialist international medical graduates and trainees PDF PS50 Guideline on return to anaesthesia practice for anaesthetists PDF PS50BP Guideline on return to anaesthesia practice for anaesthetists Background Paper PDF PS51 Guideline for the safe management and use of medications in anaesthesia (PILOT) PDF PS51BP Guideline for the safe management and use of medications in anaesthesia Background Paper (PILOT) PDF PS52 Guideline for transport of critically ill patients PDF PS52BP Guideline for transport of critically ill patients Background Paper PDF PS53 Statement on the handover responsibilities of the anaesthetist PDF PS53BP Statement on the handover responsibilities of the anaesthetist Background Paper PDF PS54 Statement on the minimum safety requirements for anaesthetic machines and workstations for clinical practice PDF PS54BP Statement on the minimum safety requirements for anaesthetic machines and workstations for clinical practice Background Paper PDF PS55 Recommendations on minimum facilities for safe administration of anaesthesia in operating suites and other anaesthetising locations PDF PS56 Guideline on equipment to manage a difficult airway during anaesthesia PDF PS56BP Guideline on equipment to manage a difficult airway during anaesthesia Background Paper PDF PS57 Statement on duties of specialist anaesthetists PDF PS57BP Statement on duties of specialist anaesthetists Background Paper PDF PS58 Guideline on quality assurance and quality improvement in anaesthesia PDF PS58BP Guideline on quality assurance and quality improvement in anaesthesia Background Paper PDF PS60 Guideline on the perioperative management of patients with suspected or proven hypersensitivity to chlorhexidine PDF PS60BP Guideline on the perioperative management of patients with suspected or proven hypersensitivity to chlorhexidine PDF PS61 Guideline for the management of evolving airway obstruction: transition to the Can’t Intubate Can’t Oxygenate airway emergency PDF PS61BP Guideline for the management of evolving airway obstruction: transition to the Can’t Intubate Can’t Oxygenate airway emergency Background Paper PDF PS62 Statement on cultural competence PDF PS62BP Statement on cultural competence Background Paper PDF PS63 Guideline for safe care for patients sedated in health care facilities for acute behavioural disturbance PDF PS63BP Guideline for safe care for patients sedated in health care facilities for acute behavioural disturbance Background Paper PDF PS64 Statement on environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and pain medicine practice PDF PS64BP Statement on environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and pain medicine practice Background Paper PDF PS65 Guideline for the Performance Assessment of a Peer PDF PS65BP Guideline for the Performance Assessment of a Peer Background Paper PDF PS66 Guideline on the role of the anaesthetist in commissioning medical gas pipelines (PILOT) PDF PS66BP Guideline on the role of the anaesthetist in commissioning medical gas pipelines Background Paper (PILOT) PDF Download selected FPM professional documents FPM policies, standards, position statements, and guidelines. Select Document Download Type AP01: Policy for the development and review of professional documents PDF Position statement on procedures in pain medicine PDF PS01(PM): Statement regarding the use of opioid analgesics in patients with chronic non-cancer pain PDF PM01 (Appendix 1): Quick reference recommendations for conduct of an Opioid Trial in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain PDF PM01 (Appendix 2): Opioid Dose Equivalence - Calculation of Oral Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose (oMEDD) PDF PM10: Statement on "Medicinal Cannabis" with particular reference to its use in the management of patients with chronic non-cancer pain PDF PS11(PM): Procedures in Pain Medicine Clinical Care Standard PDF Proposal for practice guideline - Low dose ketamine infusion in the management of chronic non-cancer pain PDF Use of “off label” or drugs beyond licence in pain medicine PDF Prescription Opioid Policy: Improving Management of Chronic Non-Malignant Pain and Prevention of Problems Associated with Prescription Opioid Use PDF < 1 | 2 > Download selected Other college documents These statements undergo a deliberative process within the college committee structure and require approval by the oversight committee, or the ANZCA Council, prior to publication. Select Document Download Type ANZCA COVID-19 PPE Statement PDF GP Anaesthetists in metropolitan centres PDF Marriage equality statement PDF Position statement - Health of People Seeking Asylum PDF Position statement on the use of slow-release opioid preparations in the treatment of acute pain PDF Promoting good practice and managing poor performance in anaesthesia and pain medicine PDF Statement on principles for identifying and preventing opioid-induced ventilatory impairment (OIVI) PDF Statement on the role of ANZCA in advocating for the health and wellbeing of all people PDF Anaesthesia and cognitive decline in adults PDF Download selected Endorsed guidelines and joint statements We have contributed to or endorsed a selection of guidelines and statements developed by other organisations. Please note: We don't maintain the websites in this table. Resource Advisory statement on the storage of propofol in clinical settings Jointly developed with the Health Quality and Safety Commission New Zealand and the Ministry of Health. Link Australian open disclosure framework Developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Link Best practice guide for continuous practice improvement Developed by the Council of Medical Colleges of New Zealand. Link Call for Australia's ratification of the OPCAT Supported by ANZCA. Link Central line insertion and maintenance guideline Developed by the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society. Link Clinical indicators Managed by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards. Link Clinical practice guidelines on hypertension and pre-eclampsia in pregnancy Produced by the New Zealand Ministry of Health. Link Colonoscopy clinical care standard Developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Link Delirium clinical care standard Developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Link Guidelines for helping people to stop smoking Developed by the New Zealand Ministry of Health. Link Guidelines for the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting Developed by the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. Link Malignant hyperthermia resource kit Developed by Malignant Hyperthermia Australia and New Zealand. Link Management of severe local anaesthetic toxicity Developed by the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Link National standard for user-applied labelling of injectable medicines, fluids and lines Developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Link Neural connector devices to reduce misconnection errors – advice for every anaesthetist and pain medicine practitioner Developed by ANZCA. Link Neural connector devices to reduce misconnection errors – guidelines for implementation in Australia Jointly developed with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Link OSSIE guide to clinical handover improvement Developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Link Osteoarthritis of the knee clinical care standard Developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Link Patient blood management guidelines Developed by the National Blood Authority. Link Perioperative anaphylaxis management guidelines Jointly developed with the Australian and New Zealand Anaesthetic Allergy Group. Link Periprocedural Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) with SGLT2 Inhibitor Use Jointly developed with the Australian Diabetes Association Link Position paper on day surgery in Australia Jointly developed with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons. Link Standards for resuscitation: clinical practice and education Jointly developed by the Australian Resuscitation Council and the New Zealand Resuscitation Council. Link Statement on the provision of obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia services Jointly developed with Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Link Topical application of chlorhexidine and risks of accidental injection in regional anaesthesia and vascular access procedures Jointly developed with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Link Airway management resources Access a wide range of resources related to airway management through the ANZCA Library. 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