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Fact sheet² - Health conditions directory

Yersiniosis is an uncommon bacterial infection of the gastrointestinal system caused by Yersinia enterocolitica.

Public health management guidelines

Read Queensland Health Guideline for the investigation and management of suspected foodborne illness outbreaks³
Read Queensland Health guidelines for Public health Units⁴

Notification

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/clincians (PHA S70) or person in charge of a HOspital (PHA S71)⁷ (PDF, 77kB) - if faxing notification, follow up by phone.
Notification criteria for pathology laboratories⁸ (PDF, 55kB)

Epidemiological data and reports

View communicable diseases data for notifiable conditions in Queensland⁹.

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 queries¹⁰
Find: local public health unit⁶

Test results CDIS-NOCS-Support¹¹

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 poster¹² (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 laboratories⁸ (PDF 308 kB) - identifies the results pathology laboratories should notify to the Queensland Notifiable Conditions Register
Public Health Act 2005¹³ - including Child Health - contagious conditions
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile¹⁴ (PDF 393 kB)
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile FORM ONLY (PDF 393 kB) ¹⁵
Guidelines for prescribing oseltamivir for seasonal influenza in 2022¹⁶ (PDF 177 kB)
Guideline for calling Public Health Units (after business hours)¹⁷ (PDF 166 kB)

Links

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/disease-control/send-email?referrer=1215242
https://www.qld.gov.au/health/condition/infections-and-parasites/bacterial-infections/yersiniosis
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/702613/suspected-foodborne-illness-outbreaks.pdf?bustCache=95232474
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cdcg/index/yersiniosis
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/notifiable-conditions/list
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/system-governance/contact-us/contact/public-health-units
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/444245/notif-conditions-rpt.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cdcg/documents/notif-criteria-guide.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/notifiable
mailto:cdu.online@health.qld.gov.au
mailto:CDIS-NOCS-Support@health.qld.gov.au
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/ph/documents/cdb/timeout_poster.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/publichealthact/
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/672208/accessing-items-nmp.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/1401367/access-national-medical-stockpile.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/1160032/oseltamivir-seasonal-flu-2022.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/1441171/PHU-after-hours-contacts.pdf

Last updated: 18 February 2025