Safety and quality update: June 2022
New this month: bradycardia from oculocardiac reflex; new trauma model resource criteria; anticoagulation management error; reducing routine ICU coagulation tests; NZ advance care planning; safe healthcare for LGBTQIA+, asylum seeker and refugee communities; pain in newborns; ...
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Surgery following the Astra Zeneca Vaccine
The college’s Safety and Quality Committee has sought expert advice about surgery for those who have had the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination.
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Changes to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Australia listing of hydromorphone oral solution
Changes to dispensing volumes will assist good opioid stewardship in prescribing for children and adolescents.
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Concerns about proposed buying group
Read our submission in response to the ACCC's draft determination on the Honeysuckle Health buying group.
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Continued access to My Health Record and electronic prescribing
To maintain access to digital health tools such as electronic prescribing and My Health Record, organisations need to ensure that their National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate is renewed if it is expiring on or before 13 Ma...
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Equity is the new black - why equity in health matters
Highlights from the 2021 ANZCA New Zealand Cultural Safety & Leadership Hui
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Implementing a mass changeover of neural connectors
The change to the ISO 80369-6 small-bore medical device (neural) connector standard is now a high priority for all hospitals as suppliers begin to stop production of Leur connectors worldwide.
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IV access and BP monitoring after axillary clearance
Following a successful six-month pilot, we’ve approved PG18(A) Appendix 1 in our professional document on anaesthesia monitoring.
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Standards for Anaesthesia
We welcome feedback on the newly developed Standards for Anaesthesia.
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2022 Australian federal election priorities
The college has provided a 2022 election priorities statement to the major political parties.
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