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Fact sheet - 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 Guidelines

Notification

Pathology laboratories

Notification criteria for pathology laboratories (PDF, 55kB)
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, 258kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance.

Clinical guidelines

Australian STI management guidelines - 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 handbook - 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 vaccine (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 Authority and email to BloodNetkelvingrove@redcrossblood.org.au 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.