Publications

13 October 2021 - This document contains the work plan and terms of reference for the Public Health Laboratory Network for the period 2019 to 2023.

1 October 2021 - This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) assists environmental health practitioners and public health agencies to better understand and prepare for communicating environmental health risks to the general public.

1 October 2021 - This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) highlights the health risks from lead exposure. It gives advice on how to minimise any potential exposures to lead leached out of plumbing fittings.

1 July 2021 - This framework from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) supports the National Health Emergency Response (NatHealth) arrangements during environmental health issues, such as emerging environmental contaminants or environmental health emergencies.

1 July 2021 - This strategy aligns future funded research activities with the priorities of the bloodborne virus (BBV) and sexually transmissible infection (STI) research agenda, and supports measurable progress towards goals and targets of the 5 national BBV and STI strategies.

1 June 2021 - This final report from the National Dust Disease Taskforce includes 7 recommendations to support a range of actions to improve worker health and safety from dust diseases.

1 January 2021 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for Japanese encephalitis virus infection, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

1 December 2020 - In response to the 2019–20 bushfire, this guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) provided a summary of the known health effects of bushfire smoke exposure.

1 December 2020 - This document outlines the evidence base underpinning the debilitating symptom complexes attributed to ticks (DSCATT) clinical pathway.

2 November 2020 - The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE).

1 October 2020 - This document supports clinicians to make diagnoses and referrals for patients presenting with chronic symptoms attributed to an unknown illness.

1 May 2020 - The plan outlines the indicators used to track the progress of the national bloodborne viruses (BBV) and sexually transmissible infections (STI) strategies.

20 March 2020 - Public Health Laboratory Network Statement on point-of-care serology testing for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).

25 February 2020 - The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for invasive pneumococcal disease.

1 January 2020 - This guide aims to help environmental health practitioners plan for and respond to disasters and emergencies.

2 December 2019 - The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for salmonella.

29 October 2019 - The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for varicella zoster virus.

17 October 2019 - The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for Mycoplasma genitalium.

1 October 2019 - These guidelines from the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) contain the current expert consensus on the evidence for health care workers and their blood borne virus (BBV) status.

14 September 2019 - This document contains the terms of reference for the Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Standing Committee (BBVSS).

29 July 2019 - The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for smallpox.

1 July 2019 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for measles, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

1 July 2019 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for smallpox, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

1 July 2019 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for rubella, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

1 June 2019 - This strategy is 1 of 5 national strategies that provide a framework for a high-quality and coordinated national response to bloodborne viruses (BBV) and sexually transmissible infections (STI) in Australia.