Prof docs monthly update

14 June 2024

Your monthly digest of professional document developments.

Under development/review ​

• New prof doc on 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)
• CP24(G) Policy for the development and review of professional documents (under review)
• CP23(G) Policy on Professional Document Framework (currently titled Document Framework Policy) (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)
• New 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 persistent pelvic pain (under development)
• (PM) Position statement on use of "off label" or medicines beyond licence in pain medicine (under development)

Pilot

• PS55(A) Minimum safe facilities – New Appendix on patient-related non-airway burns/fires associated with the use of supplemental oxygen in the operating room (ends September 2024)

Post pilot review

• PG07(A) Guideline on pre-anaesthesia consultation and patient preparation and background paper PG07(A)BP (ends April 2024).
• PS62(G) Position statement on cultural competence and background paper PS62(G)BP (ends April 2024).

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