Publications

This report looks at the ability of non-animal testing methods to determine the safety of cosmetics and other industrial chemicals. It considers available and emerging Australian and international scientific evidence.

The Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) have developed these national guidelines for the prevention, control and public health management of outbreaks of acute respiratory infection (including COVID-19, influenza and RSV) in residential aged care homes in Australia.

This document contains the surveillance case definition for monkeypox 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.

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

This is a summary of the preliminary findings from a study to identify possible biomarkers for debilitating symptom complex attributed to ticks (DSCATT). The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) completed this project in July 2021.

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 flavivirus.

This document from the Australian and state and territory governments outlines their commitment to reducing incidences of silicosis and other dust diseases among workers, and increase the quality of life for people affected and their families.

These guidelines for Public Health Units provide nationally consistent guidance on how to respond to tuberculosis. They are part of a Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs) published by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA).

This administrative report outlines how the National Dust Disease Taskforce developed national guidance for doctors assessing workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust.

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

This document contains the surveillance case definition for invasive meningococcal disease, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

This document outlines how the National Communicable Disease Surveillance Dashboard works using the new Microsoft Power BI user interface.

This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) provides recommendations from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport Inquiry into biotoxin-related illnesses in Australia.

This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) provides advice to state and territory health departments about reducing exposure to lead and other metals from plumbing products.

This Communicable Diseases Genomics Network (CDGN), Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) and Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) document contains a sampling strategy for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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).