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 - updated 26 July
- Suggested script for on hold phone message info re: COVID-19
Public Health Information
- COVID-19 Public Health Alert No.15 - Swabbing and Testing for SARS-CoV-2 - update 24 July
- 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 - updated 24 July
- Department of Health Emergency response plan
- Frontline COVID-19 advice from the Qld Clinical Senate and Qld Clinical Network chairs
Notification forms:
- Central West Qld
- North West Qld notification form
- South West Qld notification form
Clinical Information
- Frequently Asked Questions: Information for Clinicians
- Management of mild COVID-19
- COVID-19 information for GPs from RACGP
- 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 - updated 17 June
- COVID-19 Clearance Certificate Template
- Comparison between Cold, Flu and Coronavirus
- Managing abusive client/patient behaviour – Resource List for Health Care Workers
Infection Control and Pandemic Management Guidelines
- Infection prevention control standards - RACGP
- Managing pandemic influenza in general practice
- Routine Household Cleaning
- COVID-19 Infection control training
Pathology Testing and Cleaning Protocols
PHLN guidance on laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 (virus causing COVID-19)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Information on the use of surgical masks
- Distribution of PPE through PHNs: Tranche 4
- Correct use of PPE
- PPE Information for general practices
- WHO hand rub and wash poster
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
- Worried? Take the COVID-19 quiz
- 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
Q & A
- Subject in focus Q & A - Similarities and Differences COVID-19 and Influenza
- COVID-19 GP Practical issues FAQ
Telehealth MBS Items
- WQPHN - Telehealthcare Guide 2020 - new
- Temporary Telehealth Bulk-Billed items for COVID-19
- RACGP COVID-19 telehealth resources - new 29 July
- ACRRM telehealth standards
Additional Help and Assistance
Credits
The WQPHN website was developed and is maintained by Michael R.G. Hughes of OKTO / Extremely Geeky.
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