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The NHMRC is keen to ensure that the Australian community has the best opportunity to participate in developing NHMRC reports. This page lists the current opportunities. If you'd like to be advised via email when new issues become available, subscribe here: Subscription Service and tick the NHMRC Tracker box or Media Releases (and major announcements) box.

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DRAFT – Australian Infection Control Guidelines

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), in partnership with the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare, has released for public comment the draft Australian Infection Control Guidelines: preventing and managing infection in health care.

Invitation to make a submission.

You are invited to make a submission to the NHMRC about the draft guidelines.

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DRAFT Revised - Australian Drinking Water Guidelines

NOTICE OF PROPOSED GUIDELINES

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in collaboration with the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council (NRMMC), has released for public comment the revised Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (summarised in the Schedule), and a discussion paper on Health Based Targets For Microbial Safety Of Drinking Water.

Invitation to make a submission.

You are invited, under paragraph 13(1)(b) of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992, to make a submission to the NHMRC about the draft guidelines.

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DRAFT - Guidelines for Screening, Prognosis, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Glaucoma

The Guidelines for Screening, Prognosis, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Glaucoma (the Glaucoma Guidelines) are currently being developed by the NHMRC. The final version of the Glaucoma Guidelines will provide Australian health professionals with clear recommendations about the screening, diagnosis, prognosis, management and prevention of glaucoma.

Companion primary health care provider and consumer documents are being developed to accompany the Glaucoma Guidelines when they are released in 2010.

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Ethical issues involved in the transition to palliation and end of life care for people with chronic conditions: A Discussion Paper for patients, carers, and health professionals9 October 2009

This Discussion Paper explores key ethical questions that arise when an individual’s health care needs change from treatment and management of a chronic condition to palliative and other treatments in what will be the final phase of life: the transition phase. Times of transition involve new decisions about what is important to individuals about how they wish to be treated and cared for and by whom. Clarity about the ethical values at stake in these decisions can help to facilitate decision making and enhance patient focussed care. Comment is invited as to whether or not the issues and questions posed by the Discussion Paper are likely to be useful in assisting individuals to reflect on the ethical aspects of this transition phase and whether the ethical values identified can be used to inform the (collaborative) decision making that needs to be made in times of transition.

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