In Mumps

Mumps

Fact sheet² - Health conditions directory

Mumps is an infection of the salivary glands caused by the mumps virus. The most common gland affected is the parotid gland which causes swelling at the angle of the jaw in front of the ear.

Public health management guidelines

Read Queensland Health guidelines for public health units³

Notification

Pathology laboratories

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

Notification resources

List of all Pathological, clinical and provisional diagnosis notifiable conditions⁶
List of Public Health Unit⁷ contacts
Notifiable conditions report for Queensland doctors/clinicians (PHA S70) or person in charge of a Hospital (PHA S71)⁸ (PDF, 77kB) - if faxing notification, follow up by phone.

Enhanced surveillance for public health units

Case report form⁹ (PDF, 117kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance.

Resources for health professionals

Immunisation

Immunisation¹⁰ – Queensland Health website for health professionals.

Australian immunisation handbook ¹¹ - provides clinical guidelines for health professionals on the safest and most effective use of vaccines in their practice.

Epidemiological data and reports

View communicable diseases data for notifiable conditions in Queensland¹².

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
Page content queries¹³
Find: local public health unit⁷

Test results CDIS-NOCS-Support¹⁴

Quick links

List of notifiable conditions⁶
Notifiable Conditions Report Form for Queensland Doctors/Clinicians (section 70 PHA) or person in charge of a Hospital (section 71 PHA)⁸ (PDF 294 kB)
Time out poster¹⁵ (PDF 1458 kB) - guidelines for minimum exclusion periods for cases and contacts attending schools, pre-schools and child care centres.
Public health unit⁷ 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 2005¹⁶ - including Child Health - contagious conditions
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile¹⁷ (PDF 393 kB)
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile FORM ONLY (PDF 393 kB) ¹⁸
Guidelines for prescribing oseltamivir for seasonal influenza in 2022¹⁹ (PDF 177 kB)
Guideline for calling Public Health Units (after business hours)²⁰ (PDF 166 kB)