Quick Reference Guides
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- Aborginal Guidelines - Access to Food and Essential Supplies 20.4.2020
- Aboriginal Health- Aboriginal patients accessing public health services V1 29.04.20
- Aboriginal Guidelines - Physical distancing - protecting yourself and your family 20.4.2020
- Aboriginal Guidelines - COVID-19 Testing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians V2 02.07.2020
- Aboriginal COVID-19 Infoline V1 13.09.2021
- Accommodation - Frontline worker accommodation V4 08.09.2021
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- Blood Product Shortages during COVID-19 02.04.2020
- Bed Management - Current Inpatients on NON COVID Wards suspected of COVID-19 30.4.2020
- Bed Management - Transfer of Ward Patient to ICU 30.4.2020
- Bed Management - Patient transfer from ED to Inpatient Bed V2 07.09.2021
- Bed Management - Transfer of ICU patient to Ward V2 07.09.2021
- COVID-19 Room/Space Log Sheet V3 27.10.2020
- Use of break rooms V11 15.09.2021
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- Western Health COVID Safe Departmental Checklist V1 28.05.2021
- Guidance and response to COVID-19 risk ratings V1 17.05.2021
- Child Safeguarding - Support for Children and Young People impacted by COVID-19 Diagnosis V1 26.11.2020
- COVID-19 Testing Criteria, Risk Categorisation, De-isolation & Bed Allocation V1.7 23.09.2021
- Contact Tracing - Guidance for Managers V2 04.09.2020
- Contact Tracing - Workflows V1 26.08.2020
- Critical Care Outreach Team V5 21.09.2021
- CCU - High Dependency Patients that can receive care in the CCU setting V1 31.07.20
- CCU - High Dependency Patients - BiPAP V1 31.07.20
- Clinical Guideline Creation or Update V2 14.8.2020
- Clinical handover using physical distancing QRG V3 06.09.2021
- Close contact care package V5 30.08.2021
- COVID Peak Guidance for contractors delivering to and working V13 25.08.2021 V2
- COVID-19 Community Care Pathways WH Catchment V2 04.05.2021
- Contact with Public Exposure Sites V1 11.08.2021
- Unaccompanied child due to parent/ guardian COVID-19 hospital presentation V3 22.09.2021
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- Care of the Deceased Patient with COVID-19 V7 24.08.2020
- Deteriorating Patient Systems – Flow Chart - Modifications to the Adult ALS algorithm during COVID-19
- Deteriorating Patient Systems – Flow Chart - Adult Basic Life Support during COVID-19
- Deteriorating Patient Systems – Q&A - Modifications to the Adult BLS algorithm during COVID-19
- Deteriorating Patient Systems - Flow Chart - CCU Staff Responding to MET & Call for Help during COVID-19
- Deteriorating Patient Systems - Q&A - CCU Staff Responding to MET & Call for Help during COVID-19
- Drug Health Services COVID-19 response flowchart for CRWU, ARWU and Westside Lodge Clients 14.05.2020
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- COVID-19 EMR - Admission V2.0 06.08.2020
- COVID-19 EMR - Daily Ward Round V2.0 06.08.2020
- COVID-19 EMR - Document Diagnosis V1.0 12.03.2020
- COVID-19 EMR Infectious Risk Alerts V1.1 21.09.2021
- COVID-19 EMR Initial Screening Tool V5 06.09.2021
- COVID-19 EMR - Testing - EMR Ordering V4.0 04.08.2020
- COVID-19 EMR - Testing - EMR Specimen Collection Process V2.0 09.04.2020
- COVID-19 EMR - Clinic Form V3.0 06.08.2020
- COVID-19 EMR - Nursing Assessment V1.0 22.05.2020
- COVID-19 EMR - Results in a Patient who has had multiple PCRs V2.0 20.05.2020
- COVID-19 Emergency Medicine Screening Alert V3.0 18.11.2020
- Western Health ED COVID Screening Question v1 13.07.2020
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- Respiratory Protection Program Fit Testing Guideline V1 28.09.2020
- External Faith Providers QRG V6 22.09.2021
- Food Services Meal Ordering Using CBORD Patient App Information for Clinicians V2 06.09.2021
- Food Services Meal Ordering Using CBORD Patient App Information for Patients V2 06.09.2021
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- Infection Prevention - COVID-19 Internal Outbreak Management Workflows V2 04.09.2020
- Patient Infection Prevention Management V7 04.09.2020
- Procedure Storage Check of iPads for Patients in Isolation 06.04.2020
- Storage Check of iPads for Patients in Isolation 06.04.2020
- Sunshine ICU management of the COVID-19 patient with a Tracheostomy V1.5 07.09.2021
- Interpreter - Provision of Language Services V8 10.09.2021
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- Medical Imaging - COVID-19 Medical Imaging Department QRG V3 09.09.2021
- Medical Imaging - General x-ray on suspected or confirmed COVID-19 inpatients and ED patients V2 09.09.2021
- COVID-19 Microsite Templates for Upload Requests V5 10.02.2021
- Mobile Phone Guidelines V3 28.06.2021
- Navigating face mask exemptions QRG V1 19.08.2021
- COVID Peak Health Care Worker Movement during COVID-19 V6 27.09.2021
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- Nebuliser Spacer Usage for Metered Dose Inhaler Therapy V2.1 08.09.2021
- Nursing and Midwifery COVID-19 WH 12 Hour Shift Agreement V3 06.09.2021
- Nuclear Medicine - Changes to VQ scan protocol – to be performed as perfusion only
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- Patient Care Summary Clinical V2 01.05.20
- Patient Management - Breastmilk and COVID-19 information for staff V2 20.09.2021
- COVID Peak Changes to how patients food and belongings are brought into Western Health V5 07.09.2021
- Patient Management - Caesarean section for suspected or confirmed COVID-19 women V3 26.09.2021
- Patient Management COVID-19 Transit Routes Sunshine 21.05.2020
- Patient Management COVID-19 Transit Routes Footscray 21.05.2020
- Pathology Testing Priority V8 23.09.2021
- PPE - WH PPE Guidelines V9.10 09.06.2021
- PPE - Bare Below the Elbows V1 29.10.2020
- PPE - P2/N95 Mask Fit Checking Escalation Process for Staff V1 29.09.2020
- PPE - Everyday things that we need to do differently in a COVID 19 world 6.8.2020
- PPE - Restricted Stores Process V8 25.10.2020
- PPE - Restricted Stores Order Form 25.10.2020
- PPE - Western Health COVID-19 PPE N95 masks V1 16.09.2021
- PPE - Ordering Process for Dry Flocked Nasopharyngeal Swabs 14.04.2020
- PPE - P2 N95 Respirator Mask - Principles of Fit Checking 18.02.2020
- PPE - Face Shield and Safety Goggle Usage QRG V2 04.06.2021
- PPE – Aerosol generating procedure poster 17.06.2020
- PPE - Deteriorating Patient Systems PPE for Adult Code Blues V8.6 20.09.2021
- PPE - Facial Pressure Injuries and Skin Issues from PPE V1.1 26.09.2020
- PPE - Plastic Apron for Standard Precautions v1 06.10.2020
- PPE - Spotter Role Description 21.10.20
- Patient Management - Workflow for handling COVID-19 positive results for inpatients V1.4 09.09.2021
- Discharge of a COVID-19 Positive or Suspected patient V4 15.09.2021
- Safe Use of Prayer and Reflection Room QRG V6 13.09.2021
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- Contingency Plan for COVID-19 Interruption to Research and Clinical Trials 13.07.2020
- COVID Peak Admission and transfer of Residential Aged Care Facility residents to and from Western Health services QRG V8 27.09.2021
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- Safety with Patient Personal Hygiene Care during COVID-19 V1 12.10.2020
- Student Clinical Placements and COVID-19 QRG V5 25.08.2021
- AD24.4 COVID-19 Outpatient and Home Visit Screening Tool 15.06.2021
- Social Distancing at Work 02.04.2020
- Stay Safe - COVID-19 Prevention tips for you and your family V5 20.09.2021
- Stay Safe - Work Clothes 03.09.2020
- COVID Peak Keeping safe at work during COVID-19 V16 24.08.2021
- AD24.1 COVID-19 Medical History and Infectious Screening Tool 04.08.2021
- Safe use of respiratory therapy high rates community transmission V5 01.06.2021
- FAQ Daily Staff Symptom Check Attendance Log V6 22.4.2021
- Daily Staff Attestation and Attendance Log Paper Version V7 30.08.2021
- Daily Staff Attestation and Attendance Log QRG V12 25.08.2021
- COVID 19 Log and Asymptomatic Testing poster V1 28.7.2021
- COVID-19 Asymptomatic Staff Screening Surveillance Testing Guideline V2 28.08.2021
- Information for Staff Participating in Asymptomatic Surveillance Testing V3 28.08.2021
- Asymptomatic staff surveillance testing V3 28.08.2021
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- Environmental Cleaning Disinfection Terminal Clean V6 24.09.2020
- How to collect Nose and Throat swabs for COVID-19 PCR QRG V8 09.09.2021
- Transporting of Patient and Handling of Personal Belonging for Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 V4 27.09.2021
- Ward Tracheostomy Management QRG V3 08.09.2021
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- COVID Peak Western Health Visitation QRG V41 25.08.2021
- COVID Visitor Instructions v2 20.10.2020
- COVID visitor checklist V4 07.09.2021
- Allied Health Virtual Visiting Guide for NUMS V4 19.08.2021
- Vulnerable staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic QRG V5 24.08.2021
- Screening Checklist for Vulnerable Staff Member at Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic V8 30.08.2021
- Visitation screening QRG V20 25.08.2021
- Western Health symptomatic visitor handout V4 27.08.2021
- Patient Management - Vaginal Birth V2 06.09.2021
- Western Health Visitation Special Exemptions QRG V2 31.08.2021