SOP Bulletin No. 1 — 40

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11 January 2010

THE FOLLOWING RMA SOPS ARE TO TAKE EFFECT ON 13 JANUARY, 2010

NOTABLE FEATURES

• There are changes to the definition, with a decrease in the required frequency of headaches, a recasting of the associated characteristics and some additional excluded conditions.
• There is a new onset factor (RH & BOP) that covers the development of tension-type analgesic rebound headaches in sufferers of migraine and cluster headache.
• There are two new worsening factors (RH & BOP) concerning medication taken for other conditions.

• This SOP has been updated to comply with the Legislative Instruments Act.
• The SOP covers both type-1 and type-2 Herpes simplex and, unusually, can be applied twice if a person has both types of infection.
• A range of new onset factors (RH & BOP) have been added.  These cover events that can trigger an initial clinical episode in someone with previously acquired but asymptomatic infection.  Those factors concern: burns; being immunosuppressed; specific types of surgery; sunburn; and pregnancy.
• Further worsening factors have been added for the specific types of surgery and pregnancy.  The previous worsening factors for burns; being immunocompromised and UV exposure have been updated.

• This SOP has been updated to comply with the Legislative Instruments Act.
• The definition has been reworded, with no change to SOP coverage.
• The previous onset factors covering various modes of transmission have been consolidated into one simplified factor.
• There are new worsening factors (RH only) for having malaria or TB.

• This SOP has been updated to comply with the Legislative Instruments Act.
• The definition has been reworded, with no change to SOP coverage.
• The previous onset factors covering various modes of transmission have been consolidated into one simplified factor.

* Herpes simplex virus