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• Food borne illness
• General information
• Hepatitis
• Immunisation
• Meningococcal
• Pandemic Planning
• Pneumococcal
• Q Fever
• SARS
• Related websites

Care industry

• Guidelines for the Management of Scabies in Residential Care Facilities
• Guidelines for Managing Suspected Norovirus Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities
• Viral Gastroenteritis: Information for Supervisors in the Child Care and Hospitality Industries

Food borne illness

• Foodborne Illness Outbreak Management Guidelines, 2006
• Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Camp Facilities, Prevention and Management
  | School Manual | Camp Facility Manual | Community Group Manual |
• Suspected Food-borne Illness - Factsheet
• Suspected Food-borne Illness - Advice

General information

• A Survey of Community Diarrhoeal Illness Among Adults and Young Children in Queensland 
• Communicable Diseases Control Manual
• Data Sources for Public Health
• Dengue Fever Brochure
• Influenza: Keeping healthy
• Notifiable Conditions Report Form
• Queensland Health 1997-2001 Notifiable Diseases Report
• Standard and Additional Precautions for Infection Control - Fact Sheet

Public Health (Infection Control For Personal Appearance Services) Act 2003

• What Businesses Need To Know
• A Guide For Local Governments

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Hepatitis

• A School-Based Survey of Body Piercing Risk Knowledge - Final Report
• Beyond Transmission: Guidelines for Hepatitis C Education Targeting Young People Who Inject Drugs. If you want to download in sections: Section A, Section B
• Hepatitis C Anti-Discrimination Training Pack
• Quality of Life Among People Living with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
• Queensland Health Policy for Universal Birth Hepatitis B Immunisation 

Immunisation

• Drug Therapy Protocol: Immunisation Program
  Appendix 1
• Immunisation is Important for Children
• Immunisation is Important for Adults Too
• National Immunisation Program Schedule
  - Qld information for general practitioners 
• Opportunistic Vaccination Policy for Queensland Health Facilities

Meningococcal

• Meningococcal Diseases in Queensland, Year 2000

Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Queensland

• 2001
• 2002
• 2004

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Pandemic Planning

• Pandemic Influenza Plan
• Drug Therapy Protocol Pandemic Influenza Program
• Drug Therapy Protocol Pandemic Influenza Program - Appendix 1

Q Fever

• Q Fever Vaccination Policy for Public Health Services

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

• Fact sheet
• Queensland Health SARS Action Plan
• Guidelines for Health Service District Preparedness and Response
    - Level 1 and 2 Facilities 
    - Level 3 and 4 Facilities 
    - Level 5 and 6 Facilities 
    - Appendices for Level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 facilities
• Guidelines for Public Health Unit Network Preparedness and Response
• Appendices
• Template: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Procedure

Related websites

• Avert
• Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
• Communicable Diseases Network Austalia
• Dengue Fever in North Queensland
• Endoscope Reprocessing
• Family Planning Queensland
• Kids Helpline
• Infection Control Guidelines
• National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
• Queensland Studies Authority
• Reach Out
• The Meningitis Centre - Australia
• United Nations AIDS
• WHO Disease Outbreak News
• Women's Health Queensland Wide
• World Health Organization
• Youthealth.com

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• Public Health Act: contagious conditions,
  notifiable conditions 

Last Updated: 17 September 2008
Last Reviewed: 12 April 2007