Publications

1 January 2012 - This document explains how to transport Hendra specimens (blood, nasal/throat swabs, urine).

22 December 2011 - 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 rotavirus.

30 May 2011 - 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 hepatitis A.

1 January 2011 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for syphilis (more than 2 years or unknown duration), 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 2010 - This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) provides information on potential threats to water quality in rainwater tanks and how to avoid them.

29 November 2010 - 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 hepatitis B.

1 July 2010 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for chikungunya 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 July 2010 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for donovanosis, 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 2010 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

28 June 2010 - 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 Hendra virus.

1 April 2010 - This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) outlines key considerations for developing policies to improve environmental health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

29 March 2010 - 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 listeriosis.

1 January 2010 - These Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) guidelines aim to help public health units deal with outbreaks of norovirus and suspected viral gastroenteritis.

30 October 2009 - 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 rubella.

30 October 2009 - 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 measles.

27 January 2009 - 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 diphtheria.

23 January 2009 - 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 chlamydia.

29 October 2008 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for tularaemia, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

14 August 2008 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for cholera, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

27 October 2006 - 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 tuberculosis.

25 October 2006 - 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 brucellosis.

25 September 2006 - 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 norovirus.

25 September 2006 - 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 cholera.

20 April 2005 - 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 shiga-like toxigenic Escherichia coli.

1 January 2005 - This document gives guidelines on how laboratories should test for gonorrhoeae using nucleic acid detection.