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
- 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
- Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) National guidelines for public health units
- 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 & Response Flow Chart for GP Receptionists
- South West Qld notification form
Clinical Information
- Frequently Asked Questions: Information for Clinicians
- 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
- Isolation guidance
- COVID-19 General Advice
- Home Isolation Fact Sheet
- Quarantine Fact Sheet
- Interim advice on non inpatient care of persons with suspected or confirmed coronavirus
- COVID-19 Clearance Certificate Template
- Comparison between Cold, Flu and Coronavirus
Infection Control and Pandemic Management Guidelines
- Infection prevention control standards - RACGP
- Managing pandemic influenza in general practice
- Routine Household Cleaning
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
- Correct use of PPE
- PPE Information for general practices
- WHO hand rub and wash poster
COVID-19 Posters
- Information for travellers - snow the signs poster
- Information for travellers - stop the spread poster
- PATIENT ALERT A3 poster
- Overseas A3 poster
Consumer Information
- Worried? Take the COVID-19 quiz
- Information about returning to your community
- 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
- What you need to know
- COVID-19 - Local GP advice from North Coast PHN
Q & A
- Subject in focus Q & A - Similarities and Differences COVID-19 and Influenza
- COVID-19 GP Practical issues FAQ
Telehealth MBS Items
Additional Help and assistance:
Confidential 24/7 online and telephone assistance is available on the following links:
Health Direct - 24/7 Telephone online - 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84)
For further information on coronavirus (24 hours) contact the Coronavirus Health Information Line on 1800 020 080.
Call the healthdirect helpline on 1800 022 222
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