Disease Management

Current Communicable Diseases Managed by LMPHU

The management of notifications of the following conditions in our region has transitioned from the Victorian Department of Health to the Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit.

To notify a case, please use the online notification smart form.

If Urgent Notifiable Conditions, please call 1800 959 400

To speak to the Public Health Unit please call 1800 959 400 or email [email protected]

Please see below the list of Urgent & Routine Notifiable conditions that LMPHU manage:

Communicable Disease	Condition Type	Notifiable Status	DH Resource	Additional Links
Anthrax	Zoonoses	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Botulism	Enteric Condition	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Candida Auris	AMR Organisms	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Cholera	Enteric Condition	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.	Control Guidelines
Diphtheria	Vaccine Preventable Diseases	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Food or Water-Borne Illness	Enteric Condition	Urgent	(2 or more cases) Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines
Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)	Enteric Condition	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib)	Vaccine Preventable Diseases	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Hepatitis A	Enteric Condition	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
iGAS- (Streptococcal Infection-Group A)	Vaccine Preventable Disease	Urgent	Medical practitioners and pathology services must notify cases of iGAS immediately upon diagnosis to the Department of Health. Pathology services must also provide written notification within 5 working days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD)	Vaccine Preventable Diseases	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Japanese Encephalitis (JEV)	Vector-borne Condition	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Legionellosis	Other (Environmental) Conditions	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 Notification of Legionellosis	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel Gardening Safety
Listeriosis	Enteric Condition	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Measles	Vaccine Preventable Disease	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)	Other (Environmental) Conditions	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.	Control Guidelines
MPOX Virus	Zoonotic Conditions	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Murray Valley Encephalitis (MVE)	Vector-borne Conditions	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Paratyphoid & Typhoid	Enteric Condition	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Plague	Zoonoses	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.	Control Guidelines
Poliovirus	Vaccine Preventable Diseases	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.
Rabies & Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV)	Zoonotic Condition	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Australian Bat Lyssavirus Infection Rabies
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)	Other	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.	Control Guidelines
Smallpox	Other (Environmental) Conditions (Quarantinable)	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Tularaemia	Zoonotic Condition	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.
Viral Gastroenteritis	Enteric Condition	Urgent	(2 or more cases) Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers	Other (Environmental) Conditions	Urgent	*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Yellow Fever	Vector-borne Condition	Urgent	Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel

Communicable Disease	Condition Type	Notifiable Status	DH Resource	Additional Links
Acute Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Heart Disease	Vaccine Preventable Disease	Routine	*Medical practitioners who reasonably believe that a patient has, or may have, ARF or RHD must notify the Department of Health in writing within five business days. Notification of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease by medical professional’s form	Control Guidelines Rheumatic Heart Disease Rheumatic Fever
Arbo (Zika) Infection	Vector-borne Condition	Routine	Notification of Zika Virus form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Barmah Forest	Vector-borne Condition	Routine	Notification of Barmah Forest virus infection form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Brucellosis	Zoonotic Condition	Routine	Notification of Brucellosis form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Campylobacter Infection	Enteric Condition	Routine	*must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Carbapenemase- producing Acinetobacter spp	AMR Organisms	Routine	Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services: written notification within 5 days.	For long term residential care facilities: Control Guidelines For Health Services: Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales	AMR Organisms	Routine	Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services: written notification within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Chikungunya Virus	Vector-borne Condition	Routine	Notification of chikungunya virus infection form	Control Guidelines
Chlamydia	Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection	Routine	Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services: written notification within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
COVID-19	Respiratory Condition	Routine	Medical practitioners: not required to notify pathology services: written notification within 5 days.	Control Guidelines
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)	Other Conditions	Routine	*must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Variant Disease (CJKVD)	Other Conditions	Routine	*must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Cryptosporidiosis	Enteric Condition	Routine	*must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Dengue	Vector-borne Condition	Routine	Notification of Dengue Form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Donovanosis	Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection	Routine	Notification of Donovanosis form	Control Guidelines
Gonorrhea	Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection	Routine	Notification of Gonococcal infection form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Hepatitis B	Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection	Routine	Notification of Hepatitis B form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Hepatitis C	Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection	Routine	Notification of Hepatitis C form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Hepatitis D	Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection	Routine	Notification of Hepatitis D form	Control Guidelines
Hepatitis E	Enteric Condition	Routine	*must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days Notifiable conditions form (routine condition)	Control Guidelines
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)	Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection	Routine	Notification of HIV infection form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Influenza	Respiratory Condition	Routine	Medical practitioners not required to notify Pathology services: written notification within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD)	Vaccine Preventable Disease	Routine	Notification of Pneumococcal infection form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Kunjin/ West Nile Virus	Vector-borne Condition	Routine	Medical practitioners not required to notify Pathology services: written notification within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Leprosy	Other conditions	Routine	* notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Leptospirosis	Zoonotic Condition	Routine	Notification of Leptospirosis form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Malaria	Vector-borne	Routine	Notification of Malaria form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Mumps	Vaccine Preventable Diseases	Routine	Notification of Mumps form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Mycobacterium Ulcerans	Zoonotic Condition	Routine	Notification of Mycobacterium ulcerans form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Pertussis	Respiratory Condition	Routine	*Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services to the Department of Health in writing within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Psittacosis (Ornithosis)	Zoonotic Condition	Routine	Notification of Psittacosis (ornithosis) form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Q Fever	Zoonotic Condition	Routine	Notification of Q Fever form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Ross River Virus Infection	Vector-borne	Routine	Notification of Ross River virus infection form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Rotavirus	Vaccine Preventable Disease	Routine	Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services: Routine- written notification within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
RSV- (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)	Respiratory Condition	Routine	Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services: written notification within 5 days.	Better Health Channel
Rubella	Vaccine Preventable Disease	Routine	Notification of Rubella form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Salmonellosis	Enteric Condition	Routine	*notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection	Enteric Condition	Routine	Notification of STEC form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Shigella	Enteric Condition	Routine	Notification of Shigellosis form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Syphilis	Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection	Routine	Notification of Syphilis form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Tetanus	Vaccine Preventable Disease	Routine	*notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel
Varicella Zoster Infection (Chickenpox & Shingles)	Vaccine Preventable Disease	Routine	*must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days Notifiable conditions form	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel (Chickenpox) Better Health Channel (Shingles)
VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)	AMR Organisms	Routine	Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services: written notification within 5 days.	Control Guidelines Better Health Channel

Operational considerations

Consider providing updates weekly via area or LGA huddles
Consider communication needs via Loddon Mallee Health Network Regional Communication arrangements and information sharing
Consider regional coordination role for set-up needs (dependent on complexity)

· Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

Department of Health COVID Pathways Resources