Useful Resources
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The following links are selected resource documents and websites that you may find useful. The information, research and/or guidelines offered in these documents or available via these websites is considered to be interesting and potentially of value.
The documents and websites listed here do not necessarily reflect the views of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, nor should their inclusion be interpreted/taken as the College's recommendation or endorsement of the material.
Websites
Resource Documents
Publications & Resources
RCOG Greentop Guidelines
Websites
Informed
health online
The Cochrane Library
National
Blood Authority
(publications available)
National
Guidelines Clearinghouse
Resource Documents
Primary
postpartum Haemorrhage ( 
391.94KB) Queensland Health, Queensland Health; 2009.
Prevention
of neonatal early onset Group B streptococcal disease (
404.42KB) Queensland Health, Queensland Health; 2009.
Infection Control
Infection
control guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious
diseases in the health care setting
Reducing Public Health Risks Associated With Reusable Medical Devices
NSW Policy Directive – Health Care Workers Infected with HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C 
( 57KB )
Easy
Guide to Clinical Practice Improvement
(
218KB ) a guide for healthcare professionals
NSW Health 2009
The Clinicians Toolkit for Improving Patient Care
( 203KB ) NSW Health 2001
Guidelines for Shared Maternity Care Affiliates
( 990KB Large! ) Mercy Hospital for Women, Royal Hospital for Women, Sunshine Hospital, Victorian Government 2002
Three Centres Consensus Guidelines on Antenatal Care
( 591 KB Large! ) Mercy Hospital for Women, Royal Women's Hospital, Southern Health - Victoria, 2001
Measuring Maternity Care  the final set of performance indicators, Victorian Government, 2002
Publications & Resources
Provision
of Out of Hours Anaesthetic Services (ASA-PS01)
(
41 KB ) Australian Society of Anaesthetists Position Statement
RACS Implementation Guidelines for Ensuring Correct Patient, Correct Side and Correct Site Surgery ( 64 KB )
Clinical
practice guidelines for the management of women with epithelial
ovarian cancer
Australian Government, National Health & Medical Research Council
(NHMRC).
RACS
ASERNIPS: NET-S Database for Gynaecology
RANZCOG/ACHS Obstetric and Gynaecology Clinical Indicators
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE):
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) -- Clinical
practice guideline for the prevention of venous thromboembolism
(deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) in patients admitted
to Australian hospitals (NHMRC
clinical practice guideline 115; 2009)
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
-- Reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis
and pulmonary embolism) in patients admitted to hospital (NICE
clinical guideline 92; 2010)
- American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) -- Prevention of
Venous Thromboembolism: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic
& Thrombolytic Therapy. (CHEST
. 2004; 126: 338S-400S)
- International Union of Angiology -- Prevention and treatment
of venous thromboembolism International Consensus Statement. (International
Angiology. 2006; 25: 101-61)
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
-- Venous thromboembolism. Reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism
(deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) in patients undergoing
surgery (NICE
clinical guideline 46; 2007)
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) - Prophylaxis
of Venous Thromboembolism (SIGN
Publication number 62; 2002)
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Thromboprophylaxis during Pregnancy, Labour and after Vaginal
Delivery
(37) (2004)
Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy and the Puererium: Acute Management
(28) (2007)
- Department of Health ( UK ) - reports
and key documents are available for download. These were
written by an independent expert working group that was formed
to provide recommendations to the Chief Medical Officer on the
prevention of VTE in hospitalised patients.
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