Infectious
Disease Notification
Last
updated 13.02.13
Definition
- Notification
to the Department of Health of Infectious Diseases diagnosed in patients
Rationale
- Pinpoints
outbreask to prevent spread & further exposure
- Certain
conditions require further Ix by public health officers
Features
- In
most cases Department of Health will not contact the patient without seeking
consent from notifying doctor
- Annual
& quarterly surveillance reports available online & hard copy
- Disease
which require notification are in Schedule 4 of Public Health & Wellbeing
Regulation 2009
- Diseases
grouped in to 4: A, B, C, D
- Group
A: Immediate notification by phone upon Dx & F/U written notification by 5/7
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Chikungunya Virus
- Cholera
- Diptheria
- Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
- HIB
infection
- Hepatitis
A
- Japanese
Encephalitis
- Legionellosis
- Measles
- Meningococcal
infection
- Murray
Valley Encephalitis Virus
- Paratyphoid
- Plague
- Poliomyelitis
- Rabies
- SARS
- Smallpox
- Tularaemia
- Typhoid
- Viral
Haemorrhagic Fever
- Yellow
Fever
- Group
B: Written notification by 5/7
- Aborovirus
- Barmah Forest Virus
- Brucellosis
- Campylobacter
- CJD
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Hepatitis
B, C, D or E
- Influenza
Type A or B
- Kunjin Virus
- Lead
poisoning
- Leprosy
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Lyssavirus
- Malaria
- Mumps
- Mycobacterium
Ulcerans
- Pertusis
- Pneumococcal
Infection
- Psittacosis
- Q
Fever
- Ross
River Virus
- Rubella
- Salmonellosis
- Shigatoxin & Veratoxin E. Coli
- Shigellosis
- Tetanus
- TB
- Group
C: STIs, anonymous notification
- Donavanosis
- Syphilus
- Group
D: HIV, AIDS; Written notification by 5/7
- AIDS
- HIV
Mx
- Phone
notification: 1300 651 160
- Written
notification
- Fax:
1300 651 170
- Post:
Reply Paid 65937, Melbourne 8060, VIC
- Online
References
Department
of Health, Victoria, accessed 14/02/13