Guides/Guidelines

Guides/Guidelines

COVID-19 Clinical and Operational Guideline for Mothers, Newborns and Children - 2022

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Guides/Guidelines

This guideline complements the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) guidelines published as “Clinical Management of Suspected Or Confirmed Covid-19 Disease”, which are updated regularly.  It incorporates guidance on COVID-19 from the WHO, professional bodies and current literature on how patients are managed elsewhere.   Although many drugs are under investigation, current therapeutic strategies to manage confirmed infection are  largely supportive.

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams to improve South Africa’s VMMC programme

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Guides/Guidelines

Experience in healthcare quality improvement demonstrated that addressing only inputs (e.g., standards, training) without attention to service delivery processes, does not yield strong results. Quality issues involve the continuum of VMMC services: demand creation, counselling and client communications, supply logistics, staff competency, infection prevention, surgical procedure, waste management, referral and linkages to care and treatment, client follow-up, and management of adverse events.

Clinical Management of Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Disease

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Guides/Guidelines
These guidelines describe the clinical management of cases of COVID-19 disease, including clinical care in and outside of health facilities, and are intended for use in both public had private sectors. The guidelines are developed by the Clinical Guidelines Subcommittee of the National Department of Health’s Incident Management Team. They are informed by rapid medicine reviews conducted by the National Essential Medicines List Committee’s Subcommittee on COVID-19, as well as advisories provided by the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19.

Clinical Guidelines for Genetics Services - 2021

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Guides/Guidelines
The primary focus of the guidelines are to promote the prevention, screening, diagnosis (clinical and laboratory) and management of congenital disorders, including genetic counselling and palliative care services where necessary. The secondary focus is the reduction of morbidity and mortality due to congenital disorders and improving the quality of life of affected individuals.

Clinical Guidelines for Breast Cancer Control and Management

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Guides/Guidelines
The Clinical Guidelines for Breast Cancer Control and Management is aimed at providing detailed information regarding the standards laid out in the Breast Cancer Prevention and Control Policy – its companion document. These standards include awareness, prevention, and treatment and care in the South African context. It provides clinicians with the step-by-step guidance from the initial contact with the patient to the discharge back into the community.

Cleaning and Decontamination of Workplaces in the Context of COVID-19

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Guides/Guidelines
Procedures for ‘deep cleaning’ may have emanated from the requirement published in the COVID-19 Disease: Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines of the Department of Health that stated “cleaning the environment is paramount” and the procedure to deep clean the environment is described in the Practical Manual for Implementation of the National Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Strategic Framework.  However, this requirement is primarily for a specific area in the work environment that was occupied by a person who was diagnosed with COVID-19 to enable reoccupation of the affected area

Antibiotic Resistance Factsheet

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Guides/Guidelines
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health today. It can affect anyone, of any age, in any country. Antibiotic resistance occurs naturally, but misuse of antibiotics in humans and animals is accelerating the process. A growing number of infections such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, and gonorrhea are becoming harder to treat as the antibiotics used to treat them become less effective. Antibiotic resistance leads to longer hospital stays, higher medical costs and increased mortality.

Anaesthetic Dosing Guidelines

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Guides/Guidelines
These anaesthetic guidelines are extracts from the World Health Organization and prescribe the accurate dosages of Lidocaine and Bupivacaine for male circumcisions. The dosage recommendations are based on male age and weight.

Adult Primary Care (APC) Guide 2019/2020 - Updated

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Guides/Guidelines
The Adult Primary Care (APC) clinical tool is a comprehensive approach to the primary care of the adult 18 years or older. APC has been developed using approved clinical policies and guidelines issued by the National Department of Health and is intended for use by all health care practitioners working at primary care level in South Africa as a clinical decision-making tool.
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