NIMC resources and tools

Background to the NIMC

• Australian Health Ministers’ Conference joint communiqué (PDF 64 KB)

Note

When clozapine is used for maintenance treatment use the NIMC (acute) or NIMC (long-stay).

The PBS HMC aims to: 

The NIMC GP e-version is:

Private hospital versions of NIMCs

All NIMCs are available in versions for private hospitals: 

NIMC Day Surgery

This is a two-sided A4 medication chart with no regular medicine order spaces.

It incorporates standard NIMC features, plus the following features suitable for day procedure services:

Acute

• For all children aged 12 years and under
• Has additional features to improve prescribing safety for paediatric inpatients, including neonates
• dose calculation space for medicine orders

Acute

• For patients in acute care
• Used across health service organisations in medical and surgical wards, emergency departments and intensive care units
• Allows for 10.5 days of administration, but this may be varied locally.

Second Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation - expert advisory groups

Consultation process