Improving notification of meningitis

Abstract

IMPROVING NOTIFICATIONS OF MENINGITiS I nfbctious disease notification requirements changed in November 1991 with the introduction of the Public Health Act 1991. The number of medical conditions that medical practitioners were required to notify fell from 52 to 10, and responsibility for notification was given to hospital Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and laboratories'.

Laboratory enhanced surveillance for meningococcal disease in Victoria

“…Laboratory notification has been shown to improve IMD case identification 7,8 . Microbiology laboratories that identify cultures of N. meningitidis from cases have been required to notify the Department of Human Services (DHS) since the Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations of 1990 were enacted.…”