Subject

Statement / Document

Position Statement: Anticoagulation in pregnancy and the puerperium

A Working Group on behalf of the Obstetric Medicine Group of Australasia. MJA 2001; 175: 258-263.

Endorsed by Council November 2002

Blood Products

NHMRC/ ANZSBT Clinical Practice Guidelines: Appropriate Use of Red Blood Cells (October 2001)
NHMRC/ ANZSBT Clinical Practice Guidelines: Appropriate Use of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Cryoprecipitate (October 2001)
NHMRC/ ANZSBT Clinical Practice Guidelines: Appropriate Use of Platelets (October 2001)
All guidelines available at the Australian & New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion website under 'Publications'.

Endorsed by Council February 2002
Re-endorsed by Council November 2007

Breastfeeding

Healthy Eating Guidelines for Breastfeeding Women 

Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, March 2001.

Endorsed by Council July 2007

A template for defining a causal relation between acute intrapartum events and cerebral palsy

International consensus statement. BMJ 1999; 319: 1054-1059.

Re-Endorsed by Council July 2007

Contraception: an Australian clinical practice handbook (2nd edition)

Produced by Sexual Health & Family Planning Australia (SH&FPA).

Endorsed by Council November 2006

Screening to Prevent Cervical Cancer: Guidelines for the Management of Asymptomatic Women with Screen Detected Abnormalities

NHMRC, 2005.

Endorsed by Council March 2006

Guidelines for Cervical Screening in New Zealand (August 2008)

Endorsed by Council as representing the New Zealand position 2008

Circumcision of Infant Males

Paediatrics & Child Health Division of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), September 2010.

Endorsed by Council March 2005

Standards in Colposcopy and Treatment

Report of a RANZCOG and ASCCP Working Party, 2001

Re-Endorsed by Council July 2007

Consensus statement on diabetes control in preparation for pregnancy

McIntyre HD, Flack JR. MJA 2004; 181 (6): 326.

Preamble to ADIPS Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Management Guidelines (56.68 kB)

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus - Management Guidelines (December 2002) (233.15 kB)

The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS)

Endorsed by Council November 2004

Assessing Fitness to Drive, for Health Professionals

Medical Standards for Licensing and Clinical Management Guidelines, March 2012.

Austroads/ National Road Transport Commission 

Endorsed by Council March 2000

Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Policy Statement Emergency Contraception

Adopted at the 1999 AGM of the PHAA and revised in September 2005.

Endorsed by Council July 2001
Re-Endorsed by Council November 2007

Exercise During Pregnancy

The benefits and risks of exercise during pregnancy

Sports Medicine Australia (SMA), March 2002.

Endorsed by Council November 2004

Report of the 115th session

Approved at the 115th session of the NHMRC, June 1993.

Periconceptional Folate and the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects

Amended at 1998 AGM of the PHAA, revised 2004 and 2006.

Endorsed by Council July 2001

Guidelines for the Management of Genital Herpes in New Zealand

New Zealand Herpes Foundation, 2009.

Endorsed by Council November 2001

Consensus Statement: Menstrual and Contraceptive Management in Women with an Intellectual Disability

The Australian Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology (TASPAG) Working Party, 2001.

Endorsed by Council February 2003

Position Statement on Home Fetal Heart Monitoring

Australian and New Zealand Stillbirth Alliance (ANZSA), November 2009.

Endorsed by Council March 2010

Consensus statement; The detection, investigation and management of hypertension in pregnancy: executive summary

Recommendations from the Council of the Australasian Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, 2004.

Endorsed by Council November 2001

Management of Perinatal Infections; The algorithms follow a set of themes which include clinical and microbiological diagnosis, perinatal transmission risks and available intervention strategies.

Produced by Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID), copies are available for $AUD 40 (incl. GST, postage and handling).

Download Management of Perinatal Infections order form

Endorsed by Council February 2001

ACOG Committee Opinions on Obstetric and Gynaecologic Practice

American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ACOG).

Endorsed by Council July 2001

Practitioners Guidelines for Oestradiol (E2) Implants

Australasian Menopause Society, content updated 2008.

Endorsed by Council November 2001

Consensus Statement: The Management of Congenital Genital Tract Anomalies in Women

The Australian Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology (TASPAG) Working Party, 2003.

Endorsed by Council February 2003

PSANZ Clinical Practice Guideline for Perinatal Mortality Audit

Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), April 2009.

Endorsed by Council March 2005

Pregnancy in Sport - Guidelines for the Australian Sporting Industry

Australian Sports Commission, 2002.

Endorsed by Council April 2002

HREOC Pregnancy Guidelines

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC), March 2001.

Endorsed by Council November 2001

McElduff A, Cheung NW, McIntyre HD et al. MJA 2005; 183 (7): 373-377.

Endorsed by Council March 2006

Genital Examinations in Girls and Young Women: A Clinical Practice Guideline

Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), August 2009.
Endorsed by Council August 2009

Prevention and Treatment of Infant and Childhood Vitamin D Deficiency in Australia and New Zealand: a Consensus Statement

MJA 2006; 185 (5): 268-272.

Endorsed by Council November 2006

Joint statement and recommendations on vitamin K administration to newborn infants to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy

NHMRC, 2010.

Endorsed by Council July 2000