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Guideline to Develop a Hospital Specific Standard Operating Procedure for the Management of Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning

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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

This is a guideline to assist hospitals to develop their own Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to manage patient safety incident reporting and learning that is in line with the National Guideline for Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning in the Health Sector of South Africa. Hospitals can use this document as a guideline to develop their own hospital specific SOP by amending or choosing from the options (highlighted in red) in the sections as indicated in the guideline.

Guideline for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of Communicable Infections

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Guides/Guidelines
The challenge that PMTCT is currently facing is an increasing number of babies who acquire HIV infection during the postnatal period. To address this challenge, the guidelines provide guidance on the following: Strengthening antenatal and postnatal care for both HIV negative and positive mothers,the introduction of a dolutegravir-based ART regimen which is more efficacious in reducing the risks of transmission of HIV and promoting integrated management of the mother-baby pair by aligning PMTCT interventions with BANC visits during antenatal period and EPI visits during postnatal period.

Guide to Antigen Testing for SARV-COV-2 (COVID-19) in South Africa

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Guides/Guidelines

In July 2020, a targeted testing strategy was developed to address South Africa’s testing response to COVID-19. This strategy was developed to accommodate the country’s  constrained testing capacity, to deal with the testing backlog, and to ensure that those categories of patients with an urgent clinical need were prioritised for testing. Symptomatic hospitalised patients, as well as healthcare workers, were therefore prioritised for testing.

Guide to Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa

Type
Guides/Guidelines

In July 2020, a targeted testing strategy was developed to address South Africa’s testing response to COVID-19. This strategy was developed to accommodate the country’s constrained testing capacity, to deal with the testing backlog, and to ensure that those categories of patients with an urgent clinical need were prioritised for testing. Symptomatic hospitalised patients, as well as healthcare workers, were therefore prioritised for testing.

Guide to Access the National AMR Surveillance Dashboard

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Guides/Guidelines

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to clinical medicine and public health, nationally and internationally. Antimicrobials are not only essential for the treatment of severe infections such as bacterial sepsis or meningitis, but also opportunistic infections that may occur in patients predisposed to infections, particularly in hospitals. Surveillance for AMR is a key component in combating antimicrobial resistance. The National Department of Health (NDoH) developed a National Action Plan (NAP) for AMR which has as one of its objectives, surveillance for AMR.

Guidance on the use of the Lateral Flow Urine lipoarabinomannan assay (LF-LAM) for the Diagnosis and Management of Active Tuberculosis in PLHIV

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Guides/Guidelines
This document guides health care providers on the use of the lateral flow lipoarabinomannan assay (LF-LAM) for the diagnosis and management of active tuberculosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV). This guidance document further provides a summary of changes adopted from recommendations by the WHO policy update (2019), on the LF-LAM assay for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in people living with HIV.

Guidance on Infection Prevention and Control Measures for COVID-19 for Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

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Guides/Guidelines
Emergency medical services (EMS) play a vital role in COVID-19 outbreak response and case management by responding to requests for assistance, triaging patients, and providing emergency medical treatment and transport for suspected and confirmed COVID-19 persons. Unlike patient care in the controlled environment of a healthcare facility, care and transports by EMS present unique challenges due to: The nature of the setting. Enclosed space during transport. Frequent need for rapid medical decision-making, interventions with limited information, and a varying range of patient acuity and ju

Guidance Note for Workplaces in the Event of Identification of a COVID-19 Positive Employee

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Guides/Guidelines
This guidance note outlines some key aspects in relation to COVID-19 that need to be considered by the workplace health and safety regulator, employers and employees should a worker become diagnosed as COVID-19 disease. The following issues need to be addressed in dealing with identification and management of a COVID-19 positive worker. These procedures must be read in conjunction with other relevant / updated guidelines or regulations from the National Department of Health and the Departments of Employment and Labour, Mineral Resources and Energy, and Public Service and Administration.
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