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Clinical Management of Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Disease

Type
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

Type
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

Type
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

Type
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

Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Policy

Type
Policies
In order to mitigate the impact of cervical cancer on health and socio economic development, the country needs to implement a comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and  management programme. This entails implementation of three interdependent strategies, namely: reducing oncogenic HPV infections; detecting and treating cervical pre-cancer; and providing timely treatment and palliative care for invasive cancer. This policy update takes the above strategies into account.

CCMDD: Tenofovir & Lamivudine & Dolutegravir (TLD) - Patient Registration or Transition Standard Operating Procedure

Type
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
Outlines the process for switching stable adult patients on ART from first line regimen TEE (Tenofovir +Emtricitabine + Efavirenz) to TLD (Tenofovir + Lamivudine + Dolutegravir) in the CCMDD programme and the process for registration of new patients into CCMDD with regards to TLD. Person affected: Health Facility staff Authorised Prescribers Patients CCMDD service provider staff
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