April 2020
Palliative Care Resources to Support all Clinicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic
8AprThese great resources can be found on the Hospice NZ website. For those with access to Health Pathways, this guidance is also available in the ‘COVID19 Information’ section under PALLIATIVE CARE.....
Experience What it is like to Drive Through the Bay of Plenty COVID-19 Assessment Centre at Trustpower Baypark Stadium, Tauranga
15AprClick here to watch the video ....
NZ Recommendations for Warfarin Patients During COVID Pandemic
15AprWe have now received NZ-specific recommendations for 1.....
Regular INR Monitoring During the Pandemic
9AprOur haematology department doesn’t yet have an official stance on how or whether to change the regular INR testing of your warfarin patients.....
Radiology Examinations and Wait-Lists with COVID-19 Restrictions
9AprIn line with the Level 4 requirements, Radiology examinations have now essentially been restricted to Acute and Semi-acute cases only. ....
National Health Advisory on COVID-19 Change to Case Definition 4 April
4AprFollowing a number of your queries and questions received yesterday, the TAG this morning reviewed the latest case definition and recommended some amendments to the suspect case definition, and clarified the case definition for a probable case of COVID-19.....
COVID-19 - Don't Bring it Home!
4AprThe DHB has put out some very handy advice on what to do when you return home after work, both for yourselves as well as for any of your clinical and non-clinical staff.....
Media Release: COVID-19 NO-VISITORS POLICY ADOPTED FOR BOPDHB FACILITIES
2AprThe NZ Government has asked us to implement management of COVID-19 Pandemic during this challenging time, including visitor regulations (see attached).....
Mental Health and Addiction Services Medication Information
2AprDuring this period of lockdown and after we will be endeavouring to provide MHAS to our community in as close to ‘Business as usual’ as possible but of course trying to do whatever we can to see people by phone or video.....