College endorsed statements are guidelines/statements from other organisations
and bodies on areas not covered by existing College Statements which have been
approved by the Women's Health Committee of the RANZCOG.
It was developed as a framework to assess documents for College endorsement. It covers the assessment and classification of in-house documents (i.e. College Statements) and public documents from external organisations. Endorsement translates into permission to use RANZCOG's Coat of Arms and to appear on the list of ‘Endorsed Statements of Other Bodies' below. The policy was approved by the Women's Health Committee (WHC) in March 2007 and was subsequently endorsed by Council. Endorsement requests are handled initially by the WHC and if approved at that level, are presented to Council for endorsement. More
Subject |
Statement / Document |
| Anticoagulation in pregnancy
/ puerperium |
Anticoagulation
in pregnancy and the puerperium
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/ASBT Clinical
Practice Guidelines: Appropriate Use of Red Blood Cells
NHMRC/ASBT Clinical
Practice Guidelines: Appropriate Use of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Cryoprecipitate
NHMRC/ANZSBT Clinical
Practice Guidelines: Appropriate Use of Platelets
All guidelines available at the Australian
& New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion website (www.anzbt.org.au/)
under 'Publications'.
Endorsed by Council February 2002
Re-endorsed by Council November 2007
|
| Breastfeeding |
National
Breastfeeding Strategy summary report ( 725 KB)
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, March 2001
Re-Endorsed by Council July 2007 |
| Cerebral palsy |
A
template for defining a causal relation between acute intrapartum events
and cerebral palsy: international consensus statement
BMJ 1999;319:1054-1059 (16 October)
Re-Endorsed by Council July 2007 |
Contraception |
Contraception: an Australian clinical practice handbook http://www.fpnsw.org.au/resources/healthrites/chbandcd_20070305.html produced by Sexual Health & Family Planning Australia (SH&FPA)
Endorsed by Council November 2006
|
| Screening to Prevent Cervical Cancer |
Screening to Prevent Cervical Cancer: Guidelines for the Management of Asymptomatic Women with Screen Detected Abnormalities, NHMRC, 2005
Endorsed by Council March 2006
|
| Cervical screening in New Zealand |
New
Zealand National Cervical Screening Program Cervical Screening: a Guide
for women in New Zealand (June 2002)
Download
Cervical Screening a Guide for Women in New Zealand ( 734 KB)
Copies obtainable from the National Cervical Screening Programme - freephone
0800 729 729
Endorsed by Council as representing the New
Zealand position July 2002
|
| Circumcision of normal male
infants & boys |
Paediatrics & Child Health Division of the Royal Australasian College
of Physicians (RACP) Policy
Update on Routine Circumcision of Normal Male Infants and Boys - Summary
Statement (September 2004)
Endorsed by Council March 2005
Currently being revised by RACP |
| Colposcopy |
Standards in Colposcopy and Treatment: the
Report of a RANZCOG and ASCCP Working Party 2001
Download
ASCCP-RANZCOG Standards in Colposcopy and Treatment ( 89 KB)
Re-Endorsed by Council July 2007 |
Diabetes in pregnancy |
Consensus
statement on diabetes control in preparation for pregnancy, (McIntyre
D, Flack J, MJA 2004; 181 (6): 326)
Endorsed by Council November 2004
The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society
Gestational
diabetes mellitus -- management guidelines ( 234 KB)
Preamble
to ADIPS Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Management Guidelines ( 57 KB)
|
| Drive, assessing fitness to |
Assessing
Fitness to Drive, for Commercial and Private Vehicle Drivers, Medical
Standards for Licensing and Clinical Management Guidelines: Guidelines
and Standards for Health Professionals in Australia, Austroads / National
Road Transport Commission (Third Edition 2003)
Endorsed by Council March 2000 |
| Emergency contraception |
Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA)
Policy
Statement - Emergency Contraception ( 61 KB), adopted at the 1999 AGM of the
PHAA and revised in September 2005
Endorsed by Council July 2001
Re-eEndorsed by Council November 2007 |
Exercise during pregnancy |
The
benefits and risks of exercise during pregnancy (
153 KB) Sports Medicine Australia (SMA), March, 2002
Endorsed by Council November 2004 |
| Folate |
NHMRC Revised statement on the relationship
between dietary folic acid and neural tube defects such as spina bifida
(Approved at the 115th session of the NHMRC, June 1993)
Periconceptional
Folate and the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects (Adopted at the 1996
Public Health Association of Australia AGM, amended 1998)
Endorsed by Council July 2001 |
| Genital herpes |
2000
Guidelines for the Management of Genital Herpes in New Zealand, New
Zealand Herpes Foundation
Endorsed by Council November 2001 |
| Gynaecology |
Consensus Statement: Menstrual and Contraceptive
Management in Women with an Intellectual Disability, the Australian Society
of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology (TASPAG)
Download
TASPAG Consensus Statement on Menstrual and Contraceptive Management ( 98 KB)
Endorsed by Council February 2003 |
| Hypertension in pregnancy |
The
Detection, Investigation and Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy:
Executive Summary and Consensus Statement, Australasian Society for
the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ASSHP)
Download
ASSHP Consensus Statement PDF ( 156 KB)
Endorsed by Council Novemember 2001 |
| Infectious diseases |
Algorithms available on: CMV, Enteroviral
infectious, GBS, Herpes simplex virus infections in pregnancy, Hepatitis
B, Hepatitis C, HIV infectious in pregnant women, Listeria, Parovirus
B19, Infections during pregnancy, Rubella, syphilis, toxoplasmosis in
pregnancy, tuberculosis during pregnancy, Varicella Zoster virus
Produced by Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID), copies
are available for $AUS35
Download
Management of Perinatal Infections order form ( 72 KB)
Endorsed by Council February 2001 |
| Misoprostol |
Refer to ACOG Committee on Obstetric Practice
Committee Opinion Number 248, December 2000
Response to Searle's Drug Warning on Misoprostol
Endorsed by Council July 2001 |
| Oestradiol (E2) implants |
Practitioners
Guidelines for Oestradiol (E2) Implants, Australasian Menopause Society
(updated August 2002)
Endorsed by Council November 2001 |
| Paediatric and adolescent gynaecology |
Consensus Statement: the Management of Congenital
Genital Tract Abnormalities, the Australian Society of Paediatric and
Adolescent Gynaecology (TASPAG)
Download
TASPAG Consensus Statement on Management of Congenital Genital Tract Abnormalties ( 107 KB)
Endorsed by Council February 2003 |
| Paediatrician attendance at
caesarean sections |
RACP
Paediatric Policy: Paediatrician attendance at caesarean sections,
Paediatrics & Child Health Division of the Royal Australasian College
of Physicians (RACP), November 2001
Endorsed by Council July 2002
|
| Pap smear - notification of
results |
National
Guidelines for Notifying Women of their Pap Smear Results, DHAC National
Advisory Committee to the National Cervical Screening Program Policy and
Cost Effectiveness Working Group
Endorsed by Council February 2001 |
|
Perinatal mortality audit |
PSANZ
Clinical Practice Guideline for Perinatal Mortality Audit, Perinatal
Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ).
Endorsed by Council March 2005 |
| Pregnancy in sport |
Pregnancy
in Sport - Guidelines for the Australian Sporting Industry, Australian
Sports Commission: (2002)
Download
the Pregnancy in Sport Guidelines ( 950 KB)
Endorsed by Council April 2002 |
| Pregnancy guidelines (pregnancy
and work) |
Pregnancy
Guidelines, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Pregnancy
Guidelines, March 2001
Download
the HREOC Pregnancy Guidelines ( 238 KB)
Endorsed by Council November 2001 |
| The Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) |
The Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) consensus guidelines for the management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in relation to pregnancy
MJA 2005; 183 (7) : 373-377
Endorsed by Council March 2006 |
| Vaginal examination in children
and young women |
RACP Paediatric Policy: Vaginal examination
in children and young women, Paediatrics & Child Health Division of
the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), April 2001.
Note: this RACP Policy has been temporarily withdrawn pending review.
Endorsed by Council July 2002
|
| Vitamin D |
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 |
Vitamin K administration to newborns |
Joint statement and recommendations on vitamin K administration to Newborn infants to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy, NHMRC
Download the NHMRC Statement and Recommendations on Vitamin K ( 61 KB)
Endorsed by Council July 2000 |
