• Red Book: Guidelines for Preventive Activities in General Practice
• White Book: Abuse and Violence - Working with our patients in general practice

RACGP has also produced Health Assessment Guidelines in conjunction with the Primary Health Care Nurses Association ... read more

Ebolavirus Disease (EVD)

To date there have been no human EVD cases in Australia - the Chief Health Officer, Jeannette Young confirmed that tests on a Cairns Nurse who was suspected of having EVD returned a negative result. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Travel has advised Australians to reconsider travelling to affected African countries. Patients can visit the Smart Traveller website before planning any overseas trips.  

Managing Emergencies and Pandemics in General Practice

The RACGP has developed a guide for the preparation, response and recovery to deal with emergencies and pandemics in the general practice setting ... read more

Scam Alert - Queensland Health

It has been reported that scammers, who claim to be from Queensland Health, are calling members of the public and asking them to update their personal information. People who suspect they have been targeted by a scammer can report this to the Office of Fair Trading 

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

Bowel cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in Australia, however if detected in its early stages can be successfully treated. Earlier this year the 2014-15 Budget provided $95.9 million to increase the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. The expansion will be done in stages to target different age groups over the coming years ... read more

More Funding for Country Towns - NSW

The Australian Government recently announced that it has granted a special exemption to allow more health services to engage rural doctors to help improve the doctor shortages in rural and remote areas of NSW. The health services will be eligible to bulk-bill Medicare ... read more

Mobile Cardiac Care for Regional Queensland

The Australian Government has provided assistance to fund a new mobile clinic for cardiac and respiratory patients living in regional, rural and remote Queensland. The mobile clinic will have investigation, diagnosis and consultation facilities as well as telemedicine consultations and teleconferencing ... read more

Hepatitis E Virus

There have been three cases of Hepatitis E reported in NSW recently and NSW Health has reported that each of these individuals most likely contracted the virus from pork liver products that may not have been cooked properly. NSW Health is urging members of the public to thoroughly cook pork products ... read more

Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) Online

• Practices need a team member with the primary responsibility for infection control
• Practices need a written infection control policy
• Practice staff need to be offered immunisation appropriate to their role
• Practice staff require ongoing training in infection control processes

Related Resources:

• The Infection Prevention and Control Standards (5th edition)
• Managing Emergencies and Pandemics in General Practice
• The Australian Immunisation Handbook (10th edition)
• Hand Hygiene Australia Online Learning Packages

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