Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib)

Fact sheet - Health conditions directory.

Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) is a bacterium commonly found in the throat of healthy people. Despite its name, it is not related to influenza ('the flu').  Hib is prevented by routine immunisation of infants.

• Read Communicable Diseases Network Australia guidelines

Pathology laboratories

• Notification criteria for pathology laboratories (PDF, 55kB)
• Communications (notification procedure)

Attending medical practitioners/medical superintendents (or delegates)

In Queensland, a provisional diagnosis is notifiable by the treating medical officer.

Public health units

• Communications (notification procedure)

Notification resources

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

Enhanced surveillance for public health units

• Case report form (PDF 306 kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance

NCIRS Hib enhanced surveillance notification form to be completed in addition to the case report form.

• NCIRS Hib Enhanced surveillance notification form (PDF, 217kB) – to be completed by public health units and sent to NCIRS and NOCS (with completed case report form) following completion of case follow up.

• View communicable diseases data for notifiable conditions in Queensland.
• The Health of Queenslanders 2020 – report of the Chief Health Officer of Queensland.