Publications

The Gastro-Info Gastroenteritis Kit for Aged Care is a resource kit to assist residential aged care homes identify the signs and symptoms of an outbreak of gastroenteritis to respond quickly and appropriately in the event of a gastroenteritis outbreak. It is not intended to supersede requirements under relevant legislation or to replace specific State or Territory guidelines.

• Aged care services

The health and corrections sectors are committed to working jointly to strengthen the response to emerging public health issues in custodial settings.

• Communicable diseases
• Hepatitis C

The aims of the Guidelines are to assist primary care practitioners with the emergency management of cases of suspected invasive meningococcal disease; and to assist public health practitioners with the prevention of further cases after a case of invasive meningococcal disease has been reported.

• Communicable diseases
• Diseases and conditions

The Guidelines are not intended to cover all communicable disease issues, but rather to identify the minimum requirements for the protection of the health of detainees and the Australian public.

This document provides guidelines for health professionals for manageing bloodborne virus infections in health care workers.

Aged Care General Practitioner Panels Intiative

• Aged care services
• Dementia
• General practice
• Medicare
• Primary health care
• Seniors
• Palliative care

Guidelines for preparing submissions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) (Version 4.3)

• Pharmaceutical benefits

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) endorsed this edition of its Guidelines in November 2006. It follows an extensive consultation process and provides guidance for all stakeholders involved in or affected by submissions to the PBAC or listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme or the National Immunisation Program.

These guidelines explain the operation of the Divisions Network Nursing in General Practice Program.

• Health workforce
• Health personnel
• General practice
• Nursing

These guidelines have been produced by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) and detail recommendations to ensure consistent trachoma screening, control measures and data collection in Australia.

• Eye health

The Guidelines for the use and interpretation of nucleic acid detection tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia have been developed and endorsed by the Public Health Laboratory Network.

Glossary to accompany the November 1995 edition of the Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Industry on Preparation of Submissions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee: including major submissions involving economic analyses: A terms

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide national best practice guidelines for staff of public health units for preventing, defining and managing outbreaks of influenza in Residential Care Facilities in Australia during interpandemic periods.

• Influenza

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED

• General practice

The Communicable Diseases Network Australia advises that this first report in the Communicable Diseases Intelligence Technical Report series is no longer current.

• Communicable diseases

This report by the Indigenous Nursing Education Working Group for the Commonwealth focusses on the inclusion of indigenous health in nursing curricula and recruitment and retention of indigenous nurses in the workforce.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Nursing

This report by the Indigenous Nursing Education Working Group for the Commonwealth focusses on the inclusion of indigenous health in nursing curricula and recruitment and retention of indigenous nurses in the workforce.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Nursing

This report is the Government's response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs inquiry into the health status of Indigenous Australians. The Government responds to each of the 36 recommendations made by the inquiry's 'Health is Life' report.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED

• General practice

This second publication in the Occasional Papers New Series, Gambling: Is it a health hazard? was prepared as the Department’s Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Australia’s Gambling Industries.