Rodney Moran - Department of Health
Rodney Moran - Department of Health
Rodney Moran - Department of Health
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Notification and law<br />
• The Public <strong>Health</strong> and Wellbeing Act 2008 requires medical practitioners<br />
and pathology services to notify a number <strong>of</strong> conditions to the <strong>Department</strong><br />
(prescribed conditions in regulations)<br />
• The list includes “two or more related cases <strong>of</strong> food or waterborne illness”<br />
(to be notified on suspicion). Information about notification requirements is<br />
available at http://www.health.vic.gov.au/ideas/notifying/howto<br />
• Although outbreaks <strong>of</strong> viral gastroenteritis is not required to be reported by<br />
law, this is strongly encouraged on a voluntary basis as it is <strong>of</strong>ten difficult<br />
to distinguish whether the illness is being spread person to person, or from<br />
contaminated food or water
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