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As a fellowship based organisation, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons commits to ensuring the highest standard of safe and comprehensive surgical care for the community we serve through excellence in surgical education, training, professional development and support.

All terrain vehicles

• All terrain vehicles position paper (2007) PDF

Chainsaws

• Use of chainsaws (2007) PDF

Code of conduct

• Code of Conduct (2006) PDF

Correct patient, correct side and correct site

• Implementation guidelines for ensuring correct patient, correct side and correct site surgery (2006) PDF

Day surgery

• Day surgery: report and recommendations of the Australia Day Surgery Council, of the Australasian College of Surgeons, Australian Association of Surgeons, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (revised 2004) Online

Diagnostic imaging

• Diagnostic imaging position paper (2007) PDF

Elective surgery

• Access to Elective Surgical Care (2007) PDF

Emergency surgery

• Emergency Surgery (2008) PDF

Farm injury

• Farm injury (2007) PDF

Gun control

• Gun control (2006) PDF

Infection control

• Infection control in surgery (1998, revised 2001) PDF

Jewellery in the Operating Theatre

• Position paper regarding the wearing of jewellery in the operating theatre (2007) PDF

Managing outliers

• Guidelines for managing an outlier through structured audit processes (2006) PDF

Neurosurgical trauma in sport

• Neurosurgical trauma in sport (2007) PDF

Neurotrauma in rural and remote locations

• The management of acute neurotrauma in rural and remote locations: a set of guidelines for the care of head and spinal injuries (2nd ed. 2000) PDF

New surgical procedures

• General guidelines for assessing, approving and introducing new surgical procedures into a hospital or health service (2008) PDF  
  Office-based surgery

• Guidelines for the accreditation of office-based surgery (2001) Online

Operating on family members

• Operating on family members (2007) PDF

Outreach surgery

• Guidelines for outreach surgery in regional, rural and remote Australia and New Zealand. (2007) PDF

Railway crossing injuries

• Railway crossing injuries (2007) PDF

Register for expert witnesses

• Guidelines: register for expert witnesses for medical negligence cases (2005)  PDF

Road trauma

• Road trauma (2007) PDF

Safe working hours

• Position Paper outlining standards for safe working hours and conditions for Fellows, Surgical Trainees and International Medical Graduates (2007) PDF

Surgical Audit and Peer Review

• Surgical Audit and Peer Review Guide (2008) PDF

Surgical assistants

• Position paper: Surgical Assistants (2006) PDF 

Surgical Competence and Performance Guide

• Surgical Competence and Performance Guide (2008) PDF

Training for GP surgical proceduralists

• Position Paper: Training for GP Surgical Proceduralists (2007) PDF