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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS CoV)

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Public health management guidelines

Read Communicable Diseases Network Australia guidelines²

Notification

Pathology laboratories

Notification criteria for pathology laboratories³ (PDF, 55kB)
Communications⁴ (notification procedure)

Attending medical practitioners/medical superintendents (or delegates)

Case definition⁵
Communications⁴ (notification procedure)

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.
Case report form⁹ (PDF, 184kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance.
Screening tool form¹⁰ (PDF, 156kB) – used by public health units to screen clinical notifications.

Enhanced surveillance for public health units

Case report form⁹ (PDF, 184kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance.
Screening tool form¹⁰ (PDF, 156kB) – used by public health units to screen clinical notifications.

Resources for health professionals

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)¹¹ – Australian Government Department of Health information for health professionals and the general public.

Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (2019¹²) – National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines provide information about standard and additional precautions, including recommended cleaning and duration of precautions (Table A2.3).

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 laboratories³ (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)

Links

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/disease-control/send-email?referrer=1215598
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-mers-cdna-national-guidelines-for-public-health-units?language=en
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cdcg/documents/notif-criteria-guide.pdf
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cdna-song-mers-cov.htm#toc06
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cdna-song-mers-cov.htm#toc07
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/crf-mers.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cdcg/documents/screen-mers.pdf
http://www.health.gov.au/mers-coronavirus
https://app.magicapp.org/goto/guideline/Jn37kn/section/jX2gxn
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: 2 December 2022