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Title	Document No.	Last Updated
Pandemic Management - Governance Arrangements - Escalation of Health System Response	GL2009_011	29/06/2009
Health Facility Guidelines/Health Facility Briefing System - Variations Process in NSW	PD2009_035	24/06/2009
Infection Control Policy - Animals as Patients in Health Organisations	PD2009_030	20/05/2009
Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection	PD2009_028	15/05/2009
Influenza - Statewide Standing Order for Supply of Anti-Influenza Prophylaxis to Defined Contacts	PD2009_026	08/05/2009
Recruitment of Overseas Health Professionals - Using Panel of Overseas Recruitment Agencies	PD2009_024	01/05/2009
HIV - Management of People with HIV Infection Who Risk Infecting Others	PD2009_023	28/04/2009
Procurement and Disposal of Goods and Services	PD2009_021	27/04/2009
Tuberculosis - Sputum Induction Guidelines	GL2009_006	14/04/2009
Legal Services - Engagement of External Providers for Employment Related Matters	PD2009_014	01/04/2009
Salary - Recovery of Overpayments for NSW Health Service Employees	PD2009_015	01/04/2009
Cancer Registry - Notifying Cancer Cases to the NSW Central Cancer Registry	PD2009_012	12/03/2009
HEALTHPLAN	PD2009_008	17/02/2009
Aboriginal Family Health Workers - Operational Guidelines	GL2009_001	06/02/2009
ChemAlert Chemical Information Management System - Implementation	PD2009_006	05/02/2009
Service Check Register for NSW Health Services	PD2009_004	30/01/2009
Tuberculin Skin Testing	PD2009_005	30/01/2009
Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Guidelines	GL2008_019	22/12/2008
Multicultural Mental Health Plan 2008-2012	PD2008_067	09/12/2008
CPR - Decisions Relating to No Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Orders	GL2008_018	02/12/2008
Episode Funding Policy 2008/2009 - NSW	PD2008_063	12/11/2008
Health Facility Guidelines - Australasian Health Facility Guidelines in NSW	GL2008_017	03/11/2008
Cardiac Monitoring in Adult Cardiac Patients in Public Hospitals in NSW	PD2008_055	25/09/2008
Healthy Workforce: Policy on Improving the Health and Well-Being of Public Sector Employees	PD2008_042	04/08/2008
Leading Well: Role of Leadership in Improving the Prevention & Management of Psychological Injury	PD2008_041	04/08/2008
Bed Types Categories for Inpatient Units from 1 March 2008	PD2008_034	20/06/2008
Immunisation Services - Authority for Registered Nurses	PD2008_033	18/06/2008
HREC and Research Governance: Fee Policy for Review of Commercially Sponsored Research	PD2008_030	13/06/2008
Employment Screening Policy	PD2008_029	10/06/2008
Oral Health Record Protocols - NSW	PD2008_024	05/05/2008
Burials - Exhumation of Human Remains	PD2008_022	23/04/2008
Occupational Exposures to Blood-Borne Pathogens: NSW Health Notification Requirements to WorkCover	PD2008_021	18/04/2008
Tuberculosis - Minimising the risk of Tuberculosis in patients starting Anti TNF Inhibitors	GL2008_007	07/04/2008
Tuberculosis - Principles for Management of people with Tuberculosis in NSW	PD2008_019	07/04/2008
Tuberculosis Contact Tracing	PD2008_017	07/04/2008
Tuberculosis Related Services - Charging	PD2008_018	07/04/2008
Destitute Persons - Cremation or Burial	PD2008_012	13/02/2008
Indicator Procedure Codes (IPCs) - Changes Effective from 1 February 2008	PD2008_006	16/01/2008
Technical Series TS11 - Engineering Services & Sustainable Development Guidelines	GL2008_002	09/01/2008
Community Sharps Disposal by Area Health Services	PD2008_004	08/01/2008
Hepatitis C Strategy 2007-2009	PD2007_093	18/12/2007
Fatigue - Preventing & Managing Work Related Fatigue: Guidelines for the NSW Public Health System	GL2007_023	06/12/2007
Palliative Care Role Delineation Framework	GL2007_022	26/11/2007
Human Research Ethics Committees - Quality Improvement & Ethical Review: A Practice Guide for NSW	GL2007_020	21/11/2007
Integrated Primary & Community Health Policy Implementation Plan 2007-2012	GL2007_019	20/11/2007
Infection Control Policy: Prevention & Management of Multi-Resistant Organisms (MRO)	PD2007_084	13/11/2007
Salary Packaging Policy and Procedure Manual	PD2007_076	12/10/2007
Lookback Policy	PD2007_075	28/09/2007
Statewide Data Standard - Health Funds	PD2007_074	19/09/2007
Human Research Ethics Committees - Standardised Patient Information Sheets (PIS)	GL2007_016	22/08/2007
Bed/Unit Type Categories for Virtual Wards & Beds for Reporting Purposes	PD2007_068	09/08/2007
Genetic Testing	PD2007_066	08/08/2007
Prenatal Testing/Screening for Down Syndrome & Other Chromosomal Abnormalities	PD2007_067	08/08/2007
Transitional Behavioural Assessment & Intervention Service (T-BASIS) Units reporting rules - 1/7/07	PD2007_064	03/08/2007
Incident Management	PD2007_061	24/07/2007
Pesticide Use Notification Plan for NSW Health - Part 4B Pesticides Regulation 1995	PD2007_057	12/07/2007
Genetic Testing - Guidelines for prioritising genetic tests	GL2007_013	06/07/2007
Foodborne Listeriosis - Control in Health Care Institutions	PD2007_047	27/06/2007
Hospital Response to Pandemic Influenza Part 1: Emergency Department Response	PD2007_048	27/06/2007
Career Break Scheme for Public Health System Nurses and Midwives	PD2007_042	13/06/2007
Open Disclosure	PD2007_040	06/06/2007
Rainwater Tanks Where a Public Water Supply is Available - Use of	GL2007_009	06/06/2007
Open Disclosure Guidelines	GL2007_007	24/05/2007
Infection Control Policy	PD2007_036	23/05/2007
Human Research Ethics Committees: Standards for Scientific Review of Clinical Trials	PD2007_035	22/05/2007
Motor Vehicles - Use of Within NSW Health	PD2007_029	04/05/2007
Prenatal Reports	PD2007_023	30/03/2007
Mental Health Bed Types for Inpatient Units 2006/2007	PD2007_019	21/03/2007
HIV/AIDS, STI & Hepatitis C Strategies: Implementation Plan for Aboriginal People 2006-2009	GL2007_002	01/03/2007
Deceased Persons In Health Facility Mortuaries & Management of Health Facility Mortuaries	PD2007_017	28/02/2007
Human Services - Collaboration in Delivering Human Services in NSW	PD2007_010	21/02/2007
Burials - Exemptions - Public Health (Disposal of Bodies) Reg 2002 for Community & Religious Reasons	PD2007_004	24/01/2007
Prosecution Policy and Guidelines	PD2007_002	09/01/2007
Complaint Management Guidelines	GL2006_023	20/12/2006
Rehabilitation for Chronic Disease - Implementing Volume 2	GL2006_022	06/12/2006
Rehabilitation for Chronic Disease Volume 1	PD2006_107	06/12/2006
Integrated Primary and Community Health Policy 2007 - 2012	PD2006_106	05/12/2006
Child Protection Roles and Responsibilities - Interagency	PD2006_104	29/11/2006
Safety Alert Broadcasting System	PD2006_102	17/11/2006
Cremation - One Body at a Time	GL2006_018	15/11/2006
Microbial Control - NSW Code of Practice for the Control of Legionnaires' Disease	PD2006_100	15/11/2006
Newborn Bloodspot Screening Policy	PD2006_099	13/11/2006
Cremation Certificates and related requirements	PD2006_081	16/10/2006
Microbial Sampling - Warm water systems including thermostatic mixing valves	PD2006_078	10/10/2006
Fluorides - use of in NSW	PD2006_076	04/10/2006
HIV/AIDS Strategy 2006-2009: Overview and Action Plan	PD2006_072	18/09/2006
Sexually Transmissible Infection Strategy 2006-2009	PD2006_071	18/09/2006
Complaint Management Policy	PD2006_073	29/08/2006
Rh D Immunoglobulin (Anti-D)	PD2006_074	29/08/2006
Transport for Health	PD2006_068	24/08/2006
Animals - Therapy Companion in Public and Private Hospitals	GL2006_012	15/08/2006
Research and Investigation Authorised Under the Health Administration Act 1982	PD2006_058	28/07/2006
Burials - Shallow Burial	PD2006_051	10/07/2006
Health Records and Medical/Clinical Reports - Charging Policy	PD2006_050	05/07/2006
Hazardous Substances and Dangerous Goods in NSW Health - Guidelines for Safe Use	GL2006_010	04/07/2006
Maternity - Public Homebirth Services	PD2006_045	29/06/2006
Elections - Public Sector Employees Contesting Elections	PD2006_040	21/06/2006
Burials on Private Land - Approval by Local Authority	GL2006_008	07/06/2006
Needle and Syringe Program Policy and Guidelines for NSW	PD2006_037	07/06/2006
Procurement of Photocopier Equipment or Other Imaging Devices	PD2006_032	30/05/2006
Privacy Internal Review Guidelines NSW Health	GL2006_007	24/05/2006
Bodies - Retention for Longer than Permitted in Public Health (Disposal of Bodies) Regulation 2002	GL2006_006	15/05/2006
Clinical Ethics Processes in NSW Health	PD2006_027	04/05/2006
Medication Chart - NSW Implementation of the National Inpatient Medication Chart	PD2006_028	04/05/2006
Child Related Allegations, Charges and Convictions Against Employees	PD2006_025	21/04/2006
Criminal Allegations, Charges and Convictions Against Employees	PD2006_026	21/04/2006
Children and Infants with Sore Throats - Acute Management	PD2006_019	02/03/2006
Notification of Infectious Diseases under the Public Health Act 1991	PD2006_014	20/02/2006
Human Tissue - Consent to Removal of Regenerative Tissue from Young Children and Consent Form	PD2006_010	03/02/2006
Legal Matters of Significance to Government	PD2006_009	03/02/2006
Complaint or Concern about a Clinician - Management Guidelines	GL2006_002	30/01/2006
Complaint or Concern about a Clinician - Principles for Action	PD2006_007	30/01/2006
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) - Management of Non-Occupational Exposure	PD2006_005	23/01/2006
Psychostimulant Users - Clinical Guidelines for Assessment and Management	GL2006_001	13/01/2006
Consumer Participation in NSW Drug and Alcohol Services - Guide	GL2005_075	14/12/2005
Reportable Incident Definition under section 20L of the Health Administration Act	PD2005_634	17/11/2005
Ozone Generators Used for the Purpose of Indoor Air Cleaning	PD2005_629	25/10/2005
Code of Conduct - Effectively Communicating the NSW Health	PD2005_627	20/10/2005
Code of Conduct - NSW Health	PD2005_626	20/10/2005
Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Program	PD2005_608	26/07/2005
Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Program Implementation Plan	PD2005_609	26/07/2005
Corporate Identity - NSW Health	PD2005_601	27/06/2005
Salaried Senior Medical Practitioner - Rights of Private Practice - GST Treatment - PHOs	PD2005_598	14/06/2005
Privacy Manual (Version 2) - NSW Health	PD2005_593	03/06/2005
Pregnancy - Framework for Terminations in New South Wales Public Health Organisations	PD2005_587	25/05/2005
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and safe sleeping for infants	GL2005_063	24/05/2005
Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents	GL2005_060	27/04/2005
Office Accommodation Policy - Public Health Organisations and Ambulance Service	PD2005_576	26/04/2005
Latex Allergy - Policy Framework and Guidelines for Prevention and Management	PD2005_490	25/02/2005
Welcome to Country Protocols Policy	PD2005_472	15/02/2005
Environmental Health Officers - Out of Hours Paging Allowance	PD2005_452	28/01/2005
Incremental Salary Progression for Part-Time Employees in PHO's and Health Administration Corp	PD2005_456	28/01/2005
Resident Medical Officers - Meal Breaks	PD2005_461	28/01/2005
Aboriginal Environmental Health Officer Training Program - NSW Health	PD2005_215	27/01/2005
Admitted Patient Reporting Requirements: Changes from 1 July 2003	PD2005_320	27/01/2005
Aged Care - Information Management Requirements/Residential Clients Accommodated/Federal Funded Beds	PD2005_357	27/01/2005
Antenatal Card	GL2005_025	27/01/2005
Bacille Calmette Guerin Vaccination	PD2005_208	27/01/2005
Blood - Fresh Components - Management	PD2005_261	27/01/2005
Clinical Practices - Pressure Ulcer Prevention	PD2005_257	27/01/2005
Consent to Medical Treatment - Patient Information	PD2005_406	27/01/2005
Contact Tracing Guidelines for the Sexually Transmissible Diseases and Blood Borne Viruses	PD2005_184	27/01/2005
Cord Blood - Private Cord Blood Banking	PD2005_394	27/01/2005
DNA Testing - Predictive and Diagnostic for Serious Adult Onset Neurogenetic Disorders - Guidelines	PD2005_303	27/01/2005
Employment Health Assessment Policy and Guidelines	PD2005_186	27/01/2005
Genetics Tests - Charging Policy Clinically Required Specialised-Non-Medicare Benefits Schedule Item	PD2005_335	27/01/2005
Hepatitis B Vaccination Policy	PD2005_222	27/01/2005
HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C - Management of Health Care Workers Potentially Exposed	PD2005_311	27/01/2005
Human Tissue-Use/Retention Including Organ Donation, Post-Mortem Examination and Coronial Matters	PD2005_341	27/01/2005
Infection Control Guidelines for Oral Health Care Settings	GL2005_037	27/01/2005
Infection Control Management of Reportable Incidents	PD2005_203	27/01/2005
Infection Control Program Quality Monitoring	PD2005_414	27/01/2005
Mobile Phones and Wireless Communication Devices - Interference with Medical Equipment - Use of	GL2005_045	27/01/2005
Multilingual Health Resources by AHS, DoH and NGOs Funded by NSW Health (Guidelines for Production)	GL2005_032	27/01/2005
Nicotine Dependent Inpatients (The Guide for the Management of)	GL2005_036	27/01/2005
Notifiable Disease Data Security and Confidentiality	PD2005_181	27/01/2005
Orientation Policy for NSW Health	PD2005_187	27/01/2005
Performance Managing for A Better Practice Approach for NSW Health	PD2005_180	27/01/2005
Private Sector Financing of Government Facilities Barter Transactions	PD2005_172	27/01/2005
Protecting Children and Young People	PD2005_299	27/01/2005
Protecting People/Property: NSW Health Policy/Guidelines for Security Risk Management in Health Facs	PD2005_339	27/01/2005
Published Information Access - Requirement to Deposit NSW DoH Publications with Special Libraries	PD2005_400	27/01/2005
Qualifications for Senior Financial Management and Accounting Positions	PD2005_169	27/01/2005
Records - Access by the Child Death Review Team	PD2005_286	27/01/2005
Records Retention and Disposal on the Closure of Health Organisations	PD2005_282	27/01/2005
Recreational Water Monitoring	GL2005_029	27/01/2005
Register of Patients - ISC - Private Hospitals/Private Data Procedure Centres from 1 July 2000	PD2005_175	27/01/2005
Salaries & Wages - Charging of Commission by Health Services for Deductions	PD2005_185	27/01/2005
Screening for Sexually Transmissible Diseases (STDs) and Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs) in Pregnancy	GL2005_024	27/01/2005
Single Use Medical Devices (SUDs) Remanufacture	PD2005_399	27/01/2005
Smoke Free Workplace Policy - Progression of the NSW Health	PD2005_375	27/01/2005
Sponsorships Policy - NSW Health	PD2005_415	27/01/2005
Superannuation - Employer Contributions for First State and Complying Accumulation Super Schemes	PD2005_350	27/01/2005
Tuberculosis (TB) Coordinator (AREA) Role	GL2005_031	27/01/2005
Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Services - Chest Clinics in NSW (The Role of)	GL2005_030	27/01/2005
Victims Rights Act 1996	PD2005_287	27/01/2005
Water Carters (Guidelines for) - NSW Health	PD2005_269	27/01/2005
Aged Care Facilities - Impact of the Commonwealth Aged Care Act 1997: State Government Residential	PD2005_122	25/01/2005
Babies - Charges in Respect of Newborns	PD2005_151	25/01/2005
Blood - Fingerstick Blood Sampling Devices	PD2005_136	25/01/2005
Chemotherapy	PD2005_071	25/01/2005
Child Care Policy - NSW Health	PD2005_100	25/01/2005
Children Overdue for Immunisation (Guidelines for the Active Follow-Up of )	PD2005_098	25/01/2005
Clinical Coders - Recommended Salary Determination	PD2005_131	25/01/2005
Data Collections - Process for Approval of New or Modified	PD2005_155	25/01/2005
Discharge Policy for Emergency Department at risk patients	PD2005_082	25/01/2005
Drugs - Highly Specialised Program - Guidelines for Undertaking Clinical Trials	PD2005_078	25/01/2005
EEO Program Minimum Standards for AHS's and the NSW Ambulance Service	PD2005_145	25/01/2005
Emergency Paediatric Referrals - Policy	PD2005_157	25/01/2005
Employees Conducting Financial Transactions and/or Dealing with Money/Property for Patients/Clients	PD2005_167	25/01/2005
Entities - Authorisation of Control. Fundraising and Accounting	PD2005_084	25/01/2005
Exposure of Sonographers to Ionising Radiation	PD2005_125	25/01/2005
Factor VIII Treatment/Supply to Patients with Haemophilia and von Willebrands Disorder	PD2005_168	25/01/2005
Factor VIII Usage - January 1997 - Guidelines	PD2005_106	25/01/2005
Flexible Work Practices - Policy	PD2005_087	25/01/2005
Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects	PD2005_066	25/01/2005
Glutaraldehyde in NSW Public Health Care Facilities (Policy and Guidelines for Safe Use of)	PD2005_108	25/01/2005
HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C - Health Care Workers Infected	PD2005_162	25/01/2005
Hot or Cold Packs Application	GL2005_015	25/01/2005
Immunisation Register - Australian Childhood	PD2005_085	25/01/2005
Insurance of Nurses Undertaking Courses Funded by or Conducted on behalf of NSW Health Department	PD2005_090	25/01/2005
Leasing of Equipment	PD2005_146	25/01/2005
Management Development Strategy for NSW Health	PD2005_112	25/01/2005
Maternity Emergencies	PD2005_161	25/01/2005
Maternity Leave - Access to Reduced Hours for Staff Following Return	PD2005_154	25/01/2005
Mature-Aged Workforce Policy	PD2005_137	25/01/2005
Meals on Wheels Service - Charges Made by Public Hospitals for Meals Supplied	PD2005_110	25/01/2005
Medical Helipads - Guidelines	PD2005_128	25/01/2005
Medication Handling in Community-Based Health Services/Residential Facilities in NSW - Guidelines	PD2005_105	25/01/2005
Meningococcal Disease - Supply of Rifampicin Prophylaxis to Prevent	PD2005_163	25/01/2005
Misconduct/Disciplinary Inquiries Payment of Shift Penalties/Other Work Related Allowances	PD2005_095	25/01/2005
Non-Coring Needles - De-Accessing from Internal Catheter Ports (The)	PD2005_088	25/01/2005
Out-of-Pocket Expenses and Christmas Season Parties	PD2005_114	25/01/2005
Pharmaceutical Prescribing and Labelling of Non-Standard Pharmaceutical Preparations	PD2005_091	25/01/2005
Postgraduate Medical Council of NSW - Role and Responsibility	PD2005_143	25/01/2005
Preventive Therapy	PD2005_072	25/01/2005
Pseudoephedrine - Misuse	GL2005_016	25/01/2005
Purchasing Under State Government Contracts Exemption Applications	PD2005_093	25/01/2005
Recommendation of Service Providers to Patients by Staff of Health Organisations	PD2005_086	25/01/2005
Records - Principles for Creation, Management, Storage and Disposal of Health Care Records	PD2005_127	25/01/2005
Refugee Screening and Follow-Up	PD2005_074	25/01/2005
Resuscitation Equipment and Training	PD2005_083	25/01/2005
Screening - Target Groups	PD2005_073	25/01/2005
Suicidal Behaviour - Management of Patients with Possible Suicidal Behaviour	PD2005_121	25/01/2005
Trainee Enrolled Nurse Failure Policy Guidelines	PD2005_065	25/01/2005
Transfer of Patient from Public Hospital to Private Facilities	PD2005_096	25/01/2005
Transgender People - Managing Workplace Issues	PD2005_165	25/01/2005
Transport of People Who are Mentally Ill	PD2005_139	25/01/2005
Tuberculosis - Management of Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in NSW	PD2005_159	25/01/2005
Tuberculosis Health Undertakings (TBU) - Follow-Up	PD2005_075	25/01/2005
Tuberculosis Management of People Knowingly Placing Others at Risk of Infection - Guidelines	PD2005_068	25/01/2005
Vaccine Preventable Disease - Guidelines for Appropriate Action in Event of Outbreak	GL2005_008	25/01/2005
Waste Management Guidelines for Health Care Facilities - August 1998	PD2005_132	25/01/2005
Will Making in Public Health Facilities	PD2005_067	25/01/2005
Work Experience Programs in NSW Public Health System (Guidelines for Provision of )	GL2005_020	25/01/2005
Workforce Learning and Development Strategy for NSW Health	PD2005_113	25/01/2005