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Blood or Body Fluid Exposure

• Removed sentence advising application of povidone-iodine (Betadine) or isopropyl alcohol to injury sites removed, pending review from a infection prevention advisor.

Urgent Care

• This page is for Urgent Care practices only.
• The page has been reviewed and restructured to reflect the requirements in each of the four sections of the Urgent Care Standard, and to improve readability.

Staff and Family Enrolment

• Guidance from the MCNZ added, so that all practices acknowledge the risks of treating staff/friends/family.
• A new section on treating staff or people close to you includes a list of guidance points about mitigating risk.

Ending an Enrolment

• This page has been revised to include up-to-date terminology and appropriate guidance for ending an enrolment.

Medical Emergency Drills

• This page has been updated and edited to provide more information and to improve readability.
• Drop-boxes have been added to provide extra detail about preparing for a drill, running scenarios, and gathering feedback

Medical Emergencies

• This page has been updated to provide improved guidance for dealing with medical emergencies.

Leave

• This page has been rewritten to have separate sections on legal leave entitlements and how staff can apply for leave.
• Drop-boxes on different types of leave have been replaced with links to Employment New Zealand, who provide detail on standard New Zealand leave entitlements.

Standing Orders

• Following feedback, page was rewritten and restructured to make key information more easy to locate.

Foundation Training

• Added link to Health & Disability Commissioner online learning modules for indicator 1 training.
• Added link to to LearnOnline Compliance with Te Tiriti o Waitangi learning module for indicator 3 training.

Informed Consent

• Removed all informed consent forms following guidance that most practices access these directly from the PMS outbox. We will no longer be hosting these documents.