Medical Board of Australia, 23 Jun 2020
The Medical Board of Australia is encouraging practitioners and students to review the new Guidelines for registered health practitioners and students in relation to blood-borne viruses before they take effect on 6 July 2020.
The Board’s guidelines are for practitioners and students who perform exposure-prone procedures and registered health practitioners who are treating registered health practitioners or students living with a blood-borne virus who perform exposure-prone procedures.
- Read more of media release here
- Download Guidelines – Registered health practitioners and students in relation to blood-borne viruses (80.5 KB,PDF)
- Download Guidelines – Word version (938 KB)
- Practitioners who want further information about the classification of exposure-prone procedures and non exposure-prone procedures can view guidance here