Position statements
The Australasian Sleep Association publishes position statements and clinical guidelines to articulate best-practice standards on particular aspects of sleep medicine. These are often prepared in partnership with other organisations to ensure they reflect a broad consensus across relevant groups of healthcare professionals. This page also includes consensus position statements that have been officially endorsed by the association.
Guidelines for sleep studies in adults. SLEEP (2024) https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae107
Position statement on the evidence and consensus based treatment for primary snoring. Respirology (2023) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/resp.14443
Sleep Health in Indigenous Australians A report reviewing the state of Indigenous Sleep Health in Australia
Ventilatory support at home for children Expert consensus from Australia and New Zealand on optimal care for children requiring non-invasive and invasive ventilatory support at home. A joint position paper with the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ). Respirology (2021) https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14121
Sleep studies in children Clinical practice guidelines for conducting paediatric sleep studies in Australia and New Zealand for children up to the age of 18 years. Sleep Medicine 36 (2017) S23-S42
Management of insomnia Position statement regarding the use of psychological/behavioural treatments in the management of insomnia in adults. Sleep Medicine 36 (2017) S43-S47
Benefits of treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea A consensus statement on the benefits of obstructive sleep apnoea treatment for cardiovascular health. Respirology 24 (2019) 376-381
Scoring of sleep and associated events An Australasian commentary on the AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events. Sleep and Biological Rhythms (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s41105-020-00259-9
Management of CPAP data The management, privacy and medico-legal issues of electronic CPAP data in Australia and New Zealand. Sleep Medicine 36 (2017) S48-S55
Overnight oximetry in children Consensus technical guideline for the practice of paediatric overnight oximetry studies for obstructive sleep apnoea in Australasia. 2019
Use of sodium oxybate Guidelines on the use of sodium oxybate in the treatment of narcolepsy. 2013
Provision of CPAP therapy Best practice guidelines for the provision of continuous positive airway pressure for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea. 2009
Sleep disorders services This standard forms the basis of accreditation under the ASA/NATA Sleep Disorders Services (SDS) Accreditation Program. March 2019
The use of oral appliances in the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea Summary of the literature on best practice in dental sleep medicine.
Surgical management of obstructive sleep apnoea Surgical management of obstructive sleep apnoea: A position statement of the Australasian Sleep Association. Respirology (2020) 25, 1292–1308
Endorsed statements
Sleep disordered breathing in childhood New Zealand guidelines on the assessment of sleep disordered breathing in childhood. Endorsed by the ASA November 2015.
Guidelines for the recording and evaluation of pharmaco-sleep studies in man: the International Pharmaco-EEG Society The requirements for the recording and computerised evaluation of pharmaco-sleep data. Neuropsychobiology 67 (2013) 127–167
Ethical collaboration in the healthcare sector The ASA is one of 50 signatories to the Australian Consensus Framework for Ethical Collaboration in the Healthcare Sector. 2018