Notifiable Diseases

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Policy

We report all notifiable diseases to the local Medical Officer of Health in accordance with the:

We implement procedures to prevent cross infection when there is a notifiable disease at the practice. We may:

request more information about the disease/condition and how to minimise infection from experts e.g. microbiologists, laboratory staff, PHO/Te Whatu Ora staff or response teams, and the MoH
provide staff with any additional guidelines, policies, or procedures recommended by experts
obtain additional protective equipment as necessary
have the infection control lead instruct staff on special requirements
place an alert on the patient's notes to make staff aware.

This page was reviewed with input from Ruth Barratt, Infection Prevention & Control and Quality Advisor (PhD, MAdvPrac (Hons), RN, CICP-E).

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