Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

12- or 24-hour timed urine specimen collection, AU ● ● ● ● ●

12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Abscondment monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Admission, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Advance care directives, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Aerosol treatment, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Airborne precautions, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Air-fluidised therapy bed use, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Alginate dressing application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Alignment and pressure-reducing device application, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Antiembolism stocking application, knee-length, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Arterial and venous sheath removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Arterial catheter insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Arterial catheter removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Arterial line tubing change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Arterial pressure closed monitoring system blood sampling, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Arterial pressure monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Arterial puncture for blood gas analysis, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Arterial-venous impulse foot compression therapy, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Assessment techniques, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Assessment, chemotherapy toxicities, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Assessment, general survey, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Automated external defibrillation, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Autotransfusion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Balloon valvuloplasty postprocedure care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Balloon valvuloplasty preprocedure and intraprocedure care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Barbeau test, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Bariatric bed use, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Bedside spirometry, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Matrix National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards

NSQHS. Clinical governance standard

NSQHS. Partnering with consumers standard

NSQHS. Preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infection standard

NSQHS. Medication safety standard

NSQHS. Comprehensive care standard

NSQHS. Communicating for safety standard

NSQHS. Blood management standard

NSQHS. Recognising and responding to acute deterioration standard

Reproduced with permission from The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards, developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). ACSQHC: Sydney (2021).

Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

Bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Biliary drainage catheter (T-tube) clamping, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Biliary drainage catheter (T-tube) drainage bag emptying, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Biliary drainage catheter (T-tube) dressing change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Bioreactance monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Bispectral index monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Biventricular pacing, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Bladder irrigation with medicated solution, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Bladder irrigation, continuous, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Bladder ultrasonography, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Blood and blood product transfusion reaction management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Blood and blood product transfusion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Blood culture sample collection, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Blood glucose monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Blood pressure measurement, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Body jewellery removal, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Bone growth stimulation, electrical, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Bronchoscopy, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Buccal and sublingual drug administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Burn care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Burn dressing change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Cane use training, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Carbon monoxide oximetry, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Cardiac monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Cardiac output measurement with room temperature injectate, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), AU ● ● ● ●

Cardioversion, synchronised, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Cast removal, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous access catheter blood sampling, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous access catheter flushing and locking, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous access catheter insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous access catheter needleless connector change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous access catheter removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous access device declotting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous access device dressing change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous pressure monitoring, transducer, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous tunnelled catheter blood sampling, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous tunnelled catheter continuous infusion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous tunnelled catheter dressing change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Central venous tunnelled catheter flushing and locking, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Cerebrospinal fluid drainage management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Cerumen impaction removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Cervical collar application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chemotherapeutic drug safety and handling, AU ● ● ● ●

Chemotherapy administration, intramuscular (IM), AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

Chemotherapy administration, intraperitoneal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chemotherapy administration, intrathecal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chemotherapy administration, intravenous (IV), AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chemotherapy administration, intravesicular (bladder), AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chemotherapy administration, oral, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chemotherapy administration, subcutaneous, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chemotherapy administration, topical, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chest drainage (Heimlich) valve insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chest drainage (Heimlich) valve management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chest physiotherapy, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chest tube drainage system monitoring and care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chest tube drainage system setup, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chest tube insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Chest tube removal, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Clean-catch (midstream) urine specimen collection, female, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Clean-catch (midstream) urine specimen collection, male, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Closed-wound drain management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Code management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Cold application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Colostomy and ileostomy, appliance care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Colostomy irrigation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Colostomy or ileostomy pouch emptying, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Confused patient, care of, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Contact precautions, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Continent ileostomy care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Continuous passive motion (CPM) device use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Coudé catheter insertion, female, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Coudé catheter insertion, male, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Coughing and diaphragmatic breathing exercises, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Cricothyrotomy, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Crutches use training, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Defibrillation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Delirium, care of patient, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Depression or hostility monitoring and precautions, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Discharge against medical advice, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Discharge from day surgery, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Discharge, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Disinfection, non-critical patient care equipment, AU ● ● ●

Disinfection, semicritical patient care equipment, AU ● ● ● ●

Documentation, AU ● ● ● ●

Doppler ultrasound device use, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Drain removal, surgical, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Droplet precautions, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Drug and alcohol specimen collection, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

Dry powder inhaler use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Dying patient care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Ear irrigation for foreign body or discharge removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Eardrop instillation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Elastic compression bandage application, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Endometrial biopsy, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Endoscope reprocessing, automated reprocessor, AU ● ● ● ●

Endoscope reprocessing, manual, AU ● ● ● ●

Endoscopic therapy, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Endotracheal drug administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Endotracheal tube removal, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Endotracheal tube repositioning, AU ● ● ● ● ●

End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Enema administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Enteral feeding tube exit site care, gastrostomy and jejunostomy, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Enteral feeding tube insertion, gastric and duodenal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Enteral feeding tube removal, gastric and duodenal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Enteral feeding, gastrostomy feeding button, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Enteral tube drug instillation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Enteral tube feeding, continuous, gastrostomy and jejunostomy, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Enteral tube feeding, duodenal and jejunal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Enteral tube feeding, gastric, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Enteral tube feeding, intermittent, gastrostomy and jejunostomy, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Epicardial pacing wire removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Epicardial pacing, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Epidural analgesic administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Epidural catheter removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

External ear specimen collection, AU ● ● ● ● ●

External fixation management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

External ventricular drain insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Extravasation management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Eye care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Eye compress application, cold, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Eye compress application, warm, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Eye irrigation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Eye ointment application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Eye patch application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Eye specimen collection, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Eyedrop administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Faecal containment device application, external, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Faecal containment device insertion, internal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Faecal impaction removal, digital, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Faecal occult blood tests, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Fall management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Fall prevention, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Family therapy, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

Feeding, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Femoral compression device use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Foam dressing application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Footdrop contracture prevention splint use, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Functional assessment, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Gastric lavage, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Gastrostomy feeding button reinsertion, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Gastrostomy tube drug instillation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Gowning and gloving, assisting, AU ● ● ●

Haemodialysis, arteriovenous access, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Haemodialysis, double-lumen catheter, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Haemodynamic monitoring, minimally invasive, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Halo-vest traction application, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Halo-vest traction, care of patient, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Hand hygiene, AU ● ● ●

Handheld resuscitation bag and mask use, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Hazardous drug–spill management, AU ● ● ● ●

Health history interview and physical assessment, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Hearing aid care, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Heat application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Height measurement, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Hip arthroplasty postprocedure care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Humidifier therapy, bedside, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Hydrocolloid dressing application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Hydrogel dressing application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Hyperthermia–hypothermia blanket use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Hysterectomy postprocedure care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Immunisation (vaccine) guidelines, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Immunotherapy administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Impaired swallowing and aspiration precautions, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Implantable cardioverter–defibrillator care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Implanted port accessing, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Implanted port blood sampling, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Implanted port bolus injection, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Implanted port continuous infusion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Implanted port insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Implanted port non-coring needle removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Incentive spirometry, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Incontinence management, faecal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Incontinence management, urinary, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Indwelling urinary catheter (Foley) care and management, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Indwelling urinary catheter (Foley) insertion, female, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Indwelling urinary catheter (Foley) insertion, male, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Indwelling urinary catheter (Foley) irrigation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Indwelling urinary catheter (Foley) removal, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Informed consent, AU ● ● ● ●

Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

Intake and output measurement, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intermittent (straight) urinary catheter insertion, female, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intermittent (straight) urinary catheter insertion, male, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intermittent infusion device flushing and locking, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intermittent peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) infusion administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intermittent peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) infusion device insertion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Internal fixation care and management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intra-abdominal pressure monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intra-aortic balloon insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intra-aortic balloon management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intra-aortic balloon removal, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intra-aortic balloon, fibre-optic, insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intracranial pressure catheter insertion, monitoring, and care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intradermal injection, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intramuscular injection, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intraosseous infusion device insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intraosseous infusion device removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intraosseous infusion maintenance, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intrapleural drug administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intubation with direct visualisation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Intubation, blind nasotracheal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Iontophoresis, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

ISBAR communication, AU ● ● ● ●

IV administration set (tubing) change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV administration set priming, AU ● ● ● ● ●

IV adrenaline (epinephrine) administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV bag preparation, AU ● ● ● ● ●

IV bolus injection, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV bottle preparation, non-vented, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV bottle preparation, vented, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV catheter assessment and management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV catheter insertion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV catheter removal, AU ● ● ● ● ●

IV dressing change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV heparin administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV insulin administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV potassium administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV propofol administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV pump use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV secondary line drug infusion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

IV solution change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Knee arthroplasty postprocedure care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Laryngeal mask airway insertion, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Laser therapy, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Latex allergy precautions, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Lipid emulsion administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

Low air–loss therapy bed use, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Lumbar puncture, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Lumbar subarachnoid drain insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Major neurocognitive disorder (dementia) patient care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Male incontinence device (urinary sheath) application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Massive blood transfusion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Massive infusion device use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Mechanical ventilation, positive pressure, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Metered-dose inhaler use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Middle-ear specimen collection, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Midline catheter dressing change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Midline catheter insertion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Midline catheter removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Mixed venous oxygen saturation monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Moderate sedation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Moist saline gauze dressing application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasal aerosol drug instillation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasal balloon catheter insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasal bridle insertion, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Nasal bridle removal, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Nasal foreign body removal, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasal irrigation, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Nasal packing, anterior insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasal packing, posterior insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasal spray instillation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasoenteric-decompression tube insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasoenteric-decompression tube management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasoenteric-decompression tube removal, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Nasogastric tube insertion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasogastric tube irrigation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasogastric tube monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasogastric tube removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nasopharyngeal airway insertion and care, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Nasopharyngeal specimen collection, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Nasotracheal suctioning, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nebuliser therapy, in-line, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Needle thoracostomy, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Negative-pressure wound therapy, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nephrostomy and cystostomy tube dressing changes, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nephrostomy tube irrigation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Neurological assessment, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nose drop instillation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Nutritional screening, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Obstructed airway management, conscious adult, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Obstructed airway management, unconscious adult, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Oesophageal-tracheal tube (Combitube) insertion, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

Oesophageal-tracheal tube (Combitube) removal, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Oesophagogastric tamponade tube care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Oesophagogastric tamponade tube insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Oesophagogastric tamponade tube removal, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Ommaya reservoir drug infusion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Ophthalmic foreign body removal, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Oral care for an intubated patient, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Oral care, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Oral drug administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Oronasopharyngeal suctioning, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Oropharyngeal airway insertion and care, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Otic foreign body removal, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Oxygen administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Oxygen cylinder regulator application and removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pain assessment, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pain management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Paracentesis, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Parenteral nutrition administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Parenteral nutrition monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Parenteral nutrition, changing equipment, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Passive range-of-motion exercises, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Patient-controlled analgesia, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Peak flow meter use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Percutaneous coronary intervention postprocedure care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Percutaneous coronary intervention preprocedure and intraprocedure care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pericardial catheter insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pericardial catheter management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pericardial catheter removal, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pericardiocentesis, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Perineal care of the female patient, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Perineal care of the male patient, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Peripheral nerve stimulation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) dressing change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) drug administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) insertion, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Peritoneal dialysis catheter dressing change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Peritoneal dialysis, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Peritoneal lavage, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Permanent pacemaker care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Personal protective equipment (PPE), putting on, AU ● ● ●

Personal protective equipment (PPE), removal, AU ● ● ●

Pleural catheter for recurrent effusion insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pleural catheter for recurrent effusion management and care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Postmortem care, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Postoperative care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

Postural vital signs measurement, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Preoperative care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Preoperative patient care, day surgery, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pressure dressing application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pressure injury prevention, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Prioritising care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Progressive mobilisation for a patient receiving mechanical ventilation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Progressive mobilisation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pulmonary artery catheter blood sampling, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pulmonary artery catheter insertion, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pulmonary artery catheter removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary artery occlusion pressure monitoring, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Pulse assessment, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Pulse oximetry, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Radial artery access care after percutaneous coronary intervention, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Radiation therapy, external, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Radioactive iodine therapy, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Radioimmunotherapy administration, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Rectal ointment administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Rectal specimen collection, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Rectal suppository administration, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Rectal temperature assessment, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Rectal tube insertion and removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Reportable diseases, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Residual limb care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Respiration assessment, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Restraint application, limb, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Restraint application, mitt, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Rigid splint application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Rotation bed use, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Safe medication administration practices, day care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Safe medication administration practices, general, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Sequential compression therapy, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Skin graft care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Skin preparation, preoperative, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Skin staple and clip removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Skin suture removal, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Soaks, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Spinal precautions, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Sputum collection by expectoration, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Sputum collection by tracheal suctioning, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Standard precautions, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Steam sterilisation, AU ● ● ● ●

Sterile technique, basic, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Stool specimen collection, random, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Stool specimen collection, timed, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

Straining urine for calculi, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Subcutaneous injection, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Suicide precautions, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Suprapubic catheter replacement, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Surgical asepsis: Hand scrub, AU ● ●

Surgical asepsis: Maintaining a sterile field, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Surgical asepsis: Surgical attire, AU ● ●

Surgical attire, donning, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Surgical site verification, preoperative, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Surgical wound dressing application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Surgical wound with a drain dressing application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Temperature measurement, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Thoracentesis, assisting, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Throat specimen collection, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Topical skin drug application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Tracheal cuff pressure measurement, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Tracheal suctioning, intubated patient, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Tracheostomy cuff inflation and deflation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Tracheostomy ties change, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Tracheostomy tube catheter and stoma care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Traction splint application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Traction, care of patient, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Transcutaneous pacing, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Transdermal ointment application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Transdermal patch application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Transducer system setup, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Transfer from bed to wheelchair, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Transfer or walk belt use, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Transfer with an air-assisted transfer device, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Transparent dressing application, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Transvenous pacing, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Traumatic abrasion wound care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Traumatic amputation wound care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Traumatic laceration wound care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Traumatic puncture wound care, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Tuberculin skin testing, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Urinary diversion care, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Urine specific gravity measurement, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Urine specimen collection from an indwelling urinary catheter (Foley), AU ● ● ● ● ●

Urine specimen collection, random, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Venepuncture, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Ventricular assist device management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Walker use training, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Weaning a patient from a ventilator, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Weight measurement, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●

Wound assessment, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Lippincott Procedures Australia Standard

Name of Procedure

Wound dehiscence and evisceration management, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Wound irrigation, AU ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Wound specimen collection, AU ● ● ● ● ●

Z-track injection, AU ● ● ● ● ● ●