The CPD review project group has transitioned to stage two of the project plan, to determine the updated CPD framework and meet the new regulatory requirements.

Our CPD program’s most recent triennium process has been completed with a 99.9 per cent completion. This excellent result is supported by the past two triennium processes completed with a 100 per cent completion.

A large scale trial by Monash University has definitively found a drug commonly used during anaesthesia before surgery to prevent nausea and vomiting does not increase the risk of a surgical wound infection as once feared.

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 was passed by the New South Wales (NSW) parliament in May.

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Following a successful six-month pilot, we’ve approved PG18(A) Appendix 1 in our professional document on anaesthesia monitoring.

Congratulations to ANZCA fellows Dr Shay McGuiness and Professor Michael Reade on being awarded an NZ$1.4 million Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand grant to run CLIP-II in New Zealand.

New this month: Safety alert update on dual labelling; cosmetic surgery project; shared decision-making conversation guide for older patients; and how to claim CPD for using webAIRS.

New this month: Latest safety alerts; Medsafe guidelines update; Cookgas laryngeal masks recall; Fentanyl and suxamethonium ampoules packaging similarity; Paracetamol packets size reduction; WebAIRS