COVID-19 General Practice Information Pack

Latest COVID-19 Updates to Clinicians

Click here for a list of updates sent to clinicians 

Practice Checklist Triage and Plan

• Checklist - Primary Health Care Service COVID-19 Checklist
• Reception Checklist during COVID-19 Pandemic 
• COVID-19 General Practice Preparation Guide
• COVID-19 Daily Management Plan
• COVID-19 Triage Response sheet
• Practice plan - COVID-19 Practice plan sample
• COVID-19 Assessment and Management flowchart 
• Suggested script for on hold phone message info re: COVID-19

Public Health Information

• COVID-19 Public Health Alert No.19 -  Increase in cases of COVID-19 in South Australia
• COVID-19 Public Health Alert No.16 -  COVID-19 Infection Prevention measures at Queensland RAC Facilities
• CHO Public Health Direction on Restricted Access to Remote Communities (no. 2) 
• Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) National guidelines for public health units - summarises recommendations for surveillance, infection control, laboratory testing and contact management for coronavirus disease 
• Department of Health Emergency response plan
• Frontline COVID-19 advice from the Qld Clinical Senate and Qld Clinical Network chairs 
  
• Infection control guidance - The Queensland Health Interim infection prevention and control guidelines for the management of COVID-19 in healthcare settings 

Notification forms:

• Central West Qld
• North West Qld notification form
• South West Qld notification form

Clinical Information

• Ceasing of temporary GP bulk billing incentive items for vulnerable patients and temporary doubling of all Medicare bulk-billing incentive fees as of 1 October 2020. See Fact Sheet (MBS Online)
• Frequently Asked Questions: Information for Clinicians
• Management of mild COVID-19 
• COVID-19 information for GPs from RACGP - new
• Healthcare worker physical distancing in the COVID-19 pandemic
• Information about home isolation when unwell suspected or confirmed cases
• Information for health care and residential care workers
• COVID-19 General Advice
• Home Isolation Fact Sheet 
• Quarantine Fact Sheet
• GP Assessment and management of patients with suspected COVID-19 
• COVID-19 Clearance Certificate Template
• Comparison between Cold, Flu and Coronavirus
• Managing abusive client/patient behaviour – Resource List for Health Care Workers

CPR Flowcharts

The National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, in partnership with the Infection Control Expert Group (ICEG), has published new clinical flowcharts to guide clinicians and trained first aid responders in delivering potentially lifesaving CPR as safely as possible. 

• Preparedness for CPR during the COVID-19 pandemic 
• CPR of adults with COVID-19 in healthcare settings - updated
• Basic life support for adults in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic 

Infection Control and Pandemic Management Guidelines

• Cross-border travel for essential healthcare- Provider Factsheet 
  
• Infection prevention control standards - RACGP
• Managing pandemic influenza in general practice
• Routine Environmental cleaning and disinfection in the community - updated
• COVID-19 Infection control training

Pathology Testing and Cleaning Protocols

PHLN guidance on laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 (virus causing COVID-19)  - updated

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Information on the use of surgical masks 
• Distribution of eye protection through PHNs: Tranche 4 - updated
• Correct use of PPE 
  
• PPE Information for general practices - updated
  
• WHO hand rub and wash poster

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P2/N95 masks: ‘fit-testing’ vs ‘fit-checking’

• Fit-testing refers to a formal process of testing the seal achieved with a mask via exposure to a strongly-smelling substance which should be filtered out by the mask. If fit-testing is easily available, then it can be considered. However:

• Fit testing consumes P2/N95 masks, which are in short supply
• Fit testing needs to be repeated if staff gain / lose weight
• A fit-test does not remove the need for a fit-check with each mask use

Fit-checking is the process of ensuring a mask achieves a good seal once it has been applied and should occur each time a mask is donned, even if fit testing has previously been undertaken. 

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COVID-19 Posters

• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) messaging about COVID-19
• Information for travellers - know the signs poster
• Information for travellers - stop the spread poster
• PATIENT ALERT A3 poster
• Overseas A3 poster 
  
• Resources for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people and remote communities
  

 Consumer Information

• Multilingual patient and practice resources - COVID-19 
• Staying Infection Free - education module 
• What you need to know
• Information for casual contacts of a confirmed case
• Information for residents of residential aged care services and family members
• Information for schools and early childhood centres students and parents
• Information for universities higher education and vocational education facilities, their students and staff
• COVID-19 - Local GP advice from North Coast PHN
• Self-isolation Requirements - updated
• Quarantine in government arranged accommodation

Q & A

• Subject in focus Q & A - Similarities and Differences COVID-19 and Influenza
• COVID-19 GP Practical issues FAQ

Telehealth MBS Items

• Factsheet for Additional 10 MBS Mental Helath Sessions during COVID-19 - new
• Extension of national COVID-19 emergency health response to 31 March 2021 for Medicare subsidised telehealth services.

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See Fact Sheet (MBS online)

 

    -  includes Nurse Practitioners Fact Sheet

• WQPHN - Telehealthcare Guide 2020 
• Temporary Telehealth Bulk-Billed items for COVID-19
• RACGP COVID-19 telehealth resources 
  
• ACRRM telehealth standards