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The Primary Clinical Care Manual (PCCM) 6th edition provides clear and concise clinical care guidelines and health management protocols in accordance with the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996, especially for endorsed registered nurses and authorised Indigenous health workers to administer and supply medications. The interventions recommended in the PCCM 6th edition are evidence based.
Compliance with the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 is essential for all health care professionals. The PCCM 6th edition is the result of a successful partnership between Queensland Health staff and the staff of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section).
The PCCM 6th edition is the principal clinical reference and policy document for Indigenous health workers, registered nurses, medical officers and other health professionals working in rural and remote Queensland. It contains health management protocols that support the advanced practice of authorised Indigenous health workers, endorsed rural and isolated practice registered nurses, endorsed sexual and reproductive health registered nurses and Indigenous health workers, immunisation program endorsed registered nurses and nurse practitioners which are essential for the implementation of the Drug Therapy Protocols and contributes to safe health care provided to the communities in which they work.
All Queensland Health staff working in rural and remote ambulatory care settings are required to adopt the clinical care guidelines and health management protocols contained in the PCCM 6th edition as their guide to practice. I commend the PCCM 6th edition as the principal clinical reference and policy document to Queensland Health's rural and remote practitioners.
Mr Michael Reid
Director-General
Queensland Health
July 2009
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