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Specialty guidelines Children's Health Queensland 2020-07-27T14:49:48+00:00

Specialty guidelines

  • CHQ Paediatric Antibiocard:Empirical Antibiotic Guidelines
  • PICU Empirical antibiotic guidelines
  • CHQ guideline: Paediatric surgical antibiotic prophylaxis
  • CHQ-GDL-01072 Empirical antimicrobial therapy for children with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
  • CHQ-GDL-01073 Empirical antimicrobial therapy for children with Cystic Fibrosis
  • CHQ-GDL-01074 Acute management of Open Globe Injuries
  • CHQ-GDL-01249 Management of Fever in a Paediatric Oncology Patient- Febrile Neutropaenia and Febrile Non-neutropaenia
  • CHQ-GDL-01075 Antifungal Prophylaxis and Treatment in Paediatric Oncology Patients and other Immunocompromised Children
  • Early IV to Oral switch guideline
  • CHQ-GDL-01219 Paediatric Guideline: Snail and Slug Ingestion [Prophylaxis against Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection (rat lung worm)
  • CHQ-GDL-60013 Drowning – Emergency management in children
  • Post exposure prophylaxis for HIV
  • Community acquired needle stick injury
  • Management of newborns born to women with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection
  • Peri-Orbital and Orbital Cellulitis: Emergency Management in Children
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  • Children Presenting to Emergency after Potential Lyssavirus Exposure Checklist
  • Meningitis: Emergency Management guideline

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ATAGI Seasonal Influenza vaccination advice 2022

Medication safety communique Changes to Tobramycin immunoassay and results reporting (QH staff only)

CHQ-GDL-01202 CHQ Paediatric Antibiocard: Empirical Antibiotic Guidelines

CHQ-GDL-01064 CHQ Paediatric surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines

Liver transplantation – surgical antibiotic prophylaxis

CHQ-GDL-01066 Empiric Antibiotic Guidelines for Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

CHQ-GDL-01073 Empirical antimicrobial therapy for children with Cystic Fibrosis

CHQ-GDL-01072 Empirical antimicrobial therapy for children with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis

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