Mackay Division
of General
Practice Ltd
ABN: 21 062 930 385
43 Evans Avenue
North Mackay
Queensland
4740
Australia
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Mackay Division
of General Practice
PANDEMIC FLU
The following links will provide your General Practice with the latest updates on the current Australian phase alert H1N1 influenza.
Links provide information on testing, prescribing, correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and infection control in General Practice.
- NEW 30/09/2009 - Pandemic (H1N1) 09 - Vaccination Information and Guidelines
- Latest updates and Algorithms
- Information for General Practice
- Posters
- Fact Sheets
- Patient Information
- Articles
- Links
Email questions on Pandemic Flu to flumonitoring@mackaydgp.com.au
PANDEMIC (H1N1) 09 - VACCINATION INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES
Guide for general practice to assist in preparing and implementing the vaccination program in their practice.
Please click here to view the Vaccination Information and Guidelines.
Guideline attachments:
- Priority Groups
- Protocol for immunisation using multi dose vials
- Qld Health Panvax® order form
- Qld Health Panvax® wastage form
- Qld Health Panvax® data collection form
- Influenza H1N1 vaccination clinic checklist
- Influenza H1N1 vaccination clinic attendance tally sheet
- Patient invitation letter
- Panvax® Product Information
- Panvax® Consumer Medicines Information
- Entering Panvax® in medical software
Standing Order - Nurses to administer the Panvax H1N1 vaccine
The purpose of this Standing Drug Order is to enable Registered Nurses
who practice under section 175(1) of the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation
1996 but are otherwise not endorsed to administer vaccines to administer the
Panvax® H1N1 vaccine to eligible people, as defined by the Australian
Government Department of Health and Ageing, in Queensland.
Please click here to view the Standing Order.
INFORMATION FOR DIVISIONS/GENERAL PRACTICE
- Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Vaccination Information and Guidelines - for divisions to adapt to suit their local areas.
- Priority Groups
- Protocol for immunisation using multi dose vials
- Influenza H1N1 vaccination clinic checklist
- Influenza H1N1 vaccination clinic attendance tally sheet
- Patient invitation letter
- Panvax Product Information
- Panvax Consumer Medicines Information
- Patient Information Leaflet
- Entering Panvax® in medical software
- Advice On Thiomersal (ATAGI)
- Guidelines for reporting discarded vaccine
- Vaccination Data Collection – Non Queensland Health vaccine service providers
Indemnity and Consent
Indemnity - The Australian Government has indicated that all medical indemnity insurer organisations have confirmed that they will insure their members if they are involved in the pandemic (H1N1) vaccination program.
Consent - As Panvax® is now a registered vaccine - written consent is no longer required and therefore consent forms are no longer necessary.
GPs (as with all Vaccine Service Providers) need to obtain valid consent before vaccinating, however , this does not need to be written consent - can be verbal consent. The Commonwealth consent form can be used if VSPs prefer but this is not mandatory.
Valid consent needs to be documented as per the guidelines in the Australian Immunisation Handbook 9th Edition 2008.
Please click here for an AGPN Information Sheet.
Pandemic (H1N1) 09 - Ordering and Storage Information Sheet
Population Health Units have provided this information sheet to some divisions. This information sheet comes with the Panvax ® deliveries received by general practice.
- How and when can I place my next order?
- VacPac supply
- Storage and use of vaccine
- Clinics for Panvax® vaccination
Please click here to view this information sheet.
LATEST UPDATES AND ALGORITHMS
- NEW 15/10/2009 ATAGI advice regarding influenza, influenza vaccines and Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- NEW 15/10/2009 Reporting Faulty Equipment - Users Medical Device Incident Report
- Health Professionals Information Sheet
- News: Order Form: Procedure: Access to the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) stockpile by GPs for use for H1N1 Influenza 09
- News: Accessing Relenza and Paediatric Tamiflu from public hospitals
- Action item: Are your general practices coping? Do you have an issue? Let us know
- Queensland Health Advice to Medical Practitioners - PROTECT PHASE - 24 July 2009
- Chief Health Officer Update for Medical Practitioners - 27 July 2009
- Latest Situation Report
- Referral for admission criteria
- Pandemic Staff Guidelines
- Human Swine Flu Information Poster [English]
- Torres Strait Islander Creole - Vulnerable groups and human swine flu
- Kirundi - Vulnerable groups and human swine flu
- Somali - Vulnerable groups and human swine flu
- Swahili - Vulnerable groups and human swine flu
- Tongan - Vulnerable groups and human swine flu
- Arabic - Vulnerable groups and human swine flu
- Anti-viral Stockpile Flowchart July 2009
- New Pandemic phase 'PROTECT'
- Latest -- Queensland Health advice to Medical Practitioners - PROTECT phase (4 July 2009)
- Latest -- UPDATE FOR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS - Changes to Testing and Treatment Recommendations during the ‘PROTECT’ Phase (4 July 2009)
- Queensland updates
- National updates
INFORMATION FOR GENERAL PRACTICE
- Queensland Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guide for General Practice - June 2009 (GPpartners)
- The RACGP Pandemic Flu Kit - http://www.racgp.org.au/pandemicflukit
- Swine influenza triage for General Practice
- 'PROTECT' Questions and Answers
- Specimen Collection for Respiratory Viruses
- TAMIFLU dosing and administration update: Information for Medical Practitioners
- TAMIFLU information for prescribers (Queensland Health)
- ASID/TSANZ guidelines: treatment and prevention of H1N1 influenza 09 (human swine influenza) with antiviral agents (MJA Position Statement, 18 June 2009)
- Pregnant Women and Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Considerations for Clinicians (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Department of Health and Ageing - Pandemic Influenza, Preparing your Practice
- Business Continuity Guide for Austrlian Businesses (DoHA)
- Business Planning Fact Sheets (Queensland Health)
- Guidelines for referral for acute admission
- Fitting an N95 mask video clip (Queensland Health)
- Medical and Scientific Data on H1N1 Influenza 09
POSTERS
Posters for General Practice
The following posters can all be found on the RACGP website:
- Patient Alert Poster
- Bug Alert Flu Symptoms Poster
- Infection Control in Pandemics
- Correct Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Putting on a Mask
- Removing a Mask
- Waiting Room Poster
Personal Hygiene and Travel Posters
- Hygiene (Queensland Health)
- Cough Etiquette and Respiratory Hygiene (DoHA)
- How to clean hands using an alcohol-based liquid or hand rub (DoHA)
- How to wash and dry hands with soap and water (DoHA)
FACT SHEETS
- Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza (DoHA)
- Transmission of Respiratory Diseases (DoHA)
- Infection Control Precautions for Severe Respiratory Diseases
PATIENT INFORMATION
- While Staying at Home - Information for patients in home quarantine
- Ten page home care booklet
- While staying at Home sheet
- Travel Health - Have you recently arrived or returned from overseas?
- SmartTraveller
ARTICLES
- A GP Workplan for Pandemic Flu
- General Practice Planning AFP Oct 2008
- MJA articles on preparing for an influenza pandemic
LINKS
- RACGP Website - access the most current updates on Influenza A (H1N1) swine Flu
- Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing Health Emergency page for Health Professionals
- Queensland Health - Queensland Swine Flu Response
- Queensland Health - Swine Flu Questions and Answers
- WHO Disease Outbreak News for latest on Swine Influenza
USEFUL WEBSITES
- Queensland Health
- Department of Health and Ageing
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- World Health Organization
- The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Communicable Disease Network Australia (CDNA)
- Influenza Specialist Group (ISG)
CONTACT
Email questions on Pandemic Flu to flumonitoring@mackaydgp.com.au
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Last Updated: October 15 2009 11:57:27.