In Smallpox

Smallpox

Public health management guidelines

The Queensland Health guidelines for this condition are currently under review. Clinicians should urgently contact their local public health unit² for public health advice if they suspect smallpox.

Read Communicable Diseases Network Australia Guidelines³

Notification

Notification resources

List of all Pathological, clinical and provisional diagnosis notifiable conditions⁴
List of Public Health Unit² contacts
Notifiable conditions report form for Queensland doctors/clinicians (PHA S70) or person in charge of a Hosptial (PHA S71)⁵ (PDF, 77kB) - if faxing notification, follow up by phone.
Notification criteria for pathology laboratories⁶ (PDF, 55kB)

Enhanced surveillance for public health units

Case report form⁷ (PDF, 504kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance.

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 queries⁸
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Quick links

List of notifiable conditions⁴
Notifiable Conditions Report Form for Queensland Doctors/Clinicians (section 70 PHA) or person in charge of a Hospital (section 71 PHA)⁵ (PDF 294 kB)
Time out poster¹⁰ (PDF 1458 kB) - guidelines for minimum exclusion periods for cases and contacts attending schools, pre-schools and child care centres.
Public health unit² contact details
Queensland notification criteria guidelines for laboratories⁶ (PDF 308 kB) - identifies the results pathology laboratories should notify to the Queensland Notifiable Conditions Register
Public Health Act 2005¹¹ - including Child Health - contagious conditions
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile¹² (PDF 393 kB)
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile FORM ONLY (PDF 393 kB) ¹³
Guidelines for prescribing oseltamivir for seasonal influenza in 2022¹⁴ (PDF 177 kB)
Guideline for calling Public Health Units (after business hours)¹⁵ (PDF 166 kB)