Pandemic influenza
Public health management guidelines
Notification
Pathology laboratories
- Notification criteria for pathology laboratories3 (PDF, 55kB)
- Communications4 (notification procedure)
Notification resources
- List of all Pathological, clinical and provisional diagnosis notifiable conditions5
- List of Public Health Unit6 contacts
- Notifiable conditions report 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, 504kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance.
Resources for health professionals
Related information
- Pandemic influenza9 – information and resources for health professionals.
- Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic influenza (AHMPPI)10 - outlines Australia's strategy to manage an influenza pandemic and minimise its impact on the health of Australians and our health system.
- Queensland Health pandemic influenza plan9 - provides a strategic outline of Queensland Health responses to an influenza pandemic. It does not include detailed operational procedures.
Epidemiological data and reports
- The changing phases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Queensland: an overview of public health actions and epidemiology11 – Medical Journal of Australia article which provides an overview of the public health actions undertaken in Queensland in the initial phases of the pandemic, and present the epidemiological findings up to the declaration of the “Protect” phase of the response on 22 June 2009.
- Download Queensland influenza surveillance reports12.