Notifiable Diseases
Notification of Infectious Diseases in Bay of Plenty and Lakes District Health Boards
Medical practitioners are required by Section 74 of the Health Act 1956 to report to the Medical Officer of Health any patient they have “reasonable suspicion” is suffering from a notifiable disease. Notification allows for appropriate public health control measures to be taken to reduce the risk of further spread, for disease surveillance and for monitoring of the effectiveness of control measures.
Urgent notifications (notify by phone immediately):
Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service provides 24 hours per day cover (including weekends and holidays) through the duty Medical Officer of Health or Health Protection Officer but the recommendation is that urgent phone notifications are made during office hours or until 10pm after hours. Overnight notifications can be made in cases of exceptional circumstances or urgency.
a) During office hours phone the duty Medical Officer of Health through the hospital switchboard (07 579 8000) or duty Health Protection Officer (021 241 4727 or 0800 221 555).
b) After hours until 10pm phone the Medical Officer of Health on call through the hospital switchboard.
c) Overnight in cases of exceptional circumstances or urgency contact the Medical Officer of Health on call through the hospital switchboard.
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Acute gastroenteritis/food poisoning:
Not every case of acute gastroenteritis is necessarily notifiable. Notify if:
• Two or more cases of acute gastroenteritis are suspected to be linked to a common source;
• A person with acute gastroenteritis is at high risk of infecting others (eg, works as a food handler or childcare worker); or
• A person with acute gastroenteritis is thought to have chemical, bacterial or toxic food poisoning. -
Anthrax
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Avian influenza (highly pathogenic)
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Botulism
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Cholera
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Diphtheria
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E. sakazakii invasive disease
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Haemophilus influenzae B invasive disease
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Hepatitis A
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Measles
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Meningoencephalitis – primary amoebic
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Neisseria meningitidis invasive disease
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Plague
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Poliomyelitis
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Rabies
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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Toxic shellfish poisoning
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Typhoid and paratyphoid fever
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Verocytotoxic Escherichia coli
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Viral haemorrhagic fevers
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Outbreak of any notifiable disease: an outbreak is classified as two or more cases linked to a common source.
Non-Urgent Notifications (notify by fax within 2 working days):
Please complete ‘Notification of Infectious Disease’ form and fax to 0800 668 934 (Medical Officer of Health).
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Arboviral disease (e.g. Dengue fever)
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Brucellosis
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Campylobacteriosis
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Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
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Cryptosporidiosis
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Cysticercosis
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Decompression sickness
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Giardiasis
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Hepatitis B (acute illness only)
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Hepatitis C (acute illness only)
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Hepatitis (viral) – not otherwise specified (acute illness only)
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Hydatid disease
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Invasive pneumococcal disease
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Lead absorption ≥ 10 ug/dl (0.48 umol/l)
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Legionellosis
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Leprosy
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Leptospirosis
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Listeriosis
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Malaria
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Mumps
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Non-seasonal influenza
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Pertussis
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Poisoning arising from hazardous substances or from chemical contamination of the environment eg/pesticide poisoning
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Rheumatic fever
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Rickettsial diseases
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Rubella
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Salmonellosis
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Shigellosis
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Taeniasis
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Tetanus
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Trichinosis
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Tuberculosis (all forms)
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Yellow fever
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Yersiniosis
For Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome an Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome case report form needs to be completed.
Printable version of notifiable diseases
Notification of Infectious diseases in Bay of Plenty and Lakes
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