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Fact sheet² - Health conditions directory.

Hepatitis A (also known as infectious hepatitis) is an acute infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus.

Public health management guidelines

Read Communicable Diseases Network Australia Guidelines³

Notification

Pathology laboratories

Notification criteria for pathology laboratories⁴ (PDF, 55kB)
Notification procedure⁵

Notification resources

List of all Pathological, clinical and provisional diagnosis notifiable conditions⁵
List of Public Health Unit⁶ contacts
Notifiable conditions report form for Queensland doctors/clinicians (PHA S70) or person in charge of a Hospital (PHA S71)⁷ (PDF, 77kB) - if faxing notification, follow up by phone.

Enhanced surveillance for public health units

Case report form⁸ (PDF, 258kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance.

Clinical guidelines

Australian STI management guidelines⁹ - an online resource for primary care health professionals which provide concise information to support the prevention, testing, diagnosis, management and treatment of STIs.

Resources for health professionals

Immunisation

Australian immunisation handbook¹⁰ - clinical guidelines for health professionals on the safest and most effective use of vaccines in their practice.
Public Health Unit process for accessing Hepatitis A vaccine¹¹ (PDF, 105KB) for unvaccinated contacts of a case.

To order Normal Human Immunoglobulin (NHIg) for Public Health Response Activities

Complete the NHIg Order Form April 2023 (pdf) | National Blood Authority¹² and email to BloodNetkelvingrove@redcrossblood.org.au¹³ or fax to 07 3838 9400.
After you have submitted the form you will need to phone 07 3838 9010 (24 hours) to advise the request is urgent for a public health response.

Please note:
If the GP is already a National Blood Authority (NBA) approved Australian Health Provider (AHP), the completion of the required NHIG for public health purposes form should enable timely delivery of NHIg.

Public Health Units are required to advise Lifeblood of public health urgency so that NHIg can be provided to non-NBA approved GPs ASAP. Lifeblood will then liaise with the GP to seek retrospective NBA approval.

Related information

Contact tracing¹⁴ - information and resources for health professionals.

Epidemiological data and reports

View communicable diseases data for notifiable conditions in Queensland¹⁵.

Condition information

Search this database of all notifable conditions and find:

control guidelines
notification requirements
health alert information
Resources

Communicable diseases contacts

Ph: +61 7 3328 9724 / 9728
Fax: +61 7 3328 9782
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Quick links

List of notifiable conditions⁵
Notifiable Conditions Report Form for Queensland Doctors/Clinicians (section 70 PHA) or person in charge of a Hospital (section 71 PHA)⁷ (PDF 294 kB)
Time out poster¹⁸ (PDF 1458 kB) - guidelines for minimum exclusion periods for cases and contacts attending schools, pre-schools and child care centres.
Public health unit⁶ contact details
Queensland notification criteria guidelines for laboratories⁴ (PDF 308 kB) - identifies the results pathology laboratories should notify to the Queensland Notifiable Conditions Register
Public Health Act 2005¹⁹ - including Child Health - contagious conditions
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile²⁰ (PDF 393 kB)
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile FORM ONLY (PDF 393 kB) ²¹
Guidelines for prescribing oseltamivir for seasonal influenza in 2022²² (PDF 177 kB)
Guideline for calling Public Health Units (after business hours)²³ (PDF 166 kB)