PEP Bottle and ACBT (Active Cycle of Breathing Technique)
Breathing and coughing exercise to help prevent post-operative respiratory complications. Includes the addition of PEP (Positive Expiratory Pressure). Also used for removal of excessive secretions.
What is a trial of void?
Bladder function is a critical component of recovery from gynaecological surgery. Women need to know how to void following surgery and/or the removal of a urinary catheter to avoid urinary retention. This resource provides information on the trial of void assessment which measures the ability of the bladder to empty.
Hepatitis A
Information about hepatitis A, including how it's transmitted, prevention and treatment.
Anyone can get condoms: Safe sex. No regrets.
How to practise safe sex to avoid sexually transmissible infections and HIV. Includes information on negotiating safe sex, safe sex and overseas travel, and how to use a condom correctly.
Barmah Forest virus infection
Information about the mosquito-borne disease, Barmah Forest virus infection.Includes information about causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment.
Hepatitis C
A guide to heaptitis C, including symptoms, how the virus is spread, prevention and treatment.
What to do when you are not eating well
If you are unable to eat as well as you normally do, losing weight (without trying) or already underweight, a high calorie and high protein diet will help.
Viral Gastroenteritis
Information on viral gastroenteritis, including how infections is spread, prevention, symptoms and treatment.
Cryptosporidiosis
A guide to cryptosporidiosis, an infection which causes diarrhoea.Includes information on causes, prevention and symptoms.
Genital Herpes
Causes, symptoms and treatment of genital herpes, including advice on coping with a recurrence, and the correct use of condoms.