TagAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

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SMH, 13/02/2018 Cases of a strain of gonorrhoea impervious to an antibiotic have almost tripled in six months, the latest report from the National Alert System for Critical Antimicrobial Resistance (CARAlert) reveals. The result was a “warning shot across the bow” for doctors and public health officials fighting antibiotic resistance, CARAlert’s senior medical adviser said. Read more...

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New clinical guidelines to help with heavy menstrual bleeding

By J Pope

In Contraception, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Gynaecology & andrology, Reproductive health

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ABC Health & Wellbeing, 20/10/2017 25 percent of Australians who menstruate experience heavy menstrual bleeding. Now, new guidelines for doctors will help ensure these people have access to the best available treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding. Professor Anne Duggan, senior medical advisor at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, said some patients were not being...

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