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Notifiable disease notification form - Hawke's Bay [DOC, 204 KB]

Email the form to Public Health

PSOComms.Diseases@hbdhb.govt.nz

Call the on-call Medical Officer of Health if there are any unusual circumstances

Call the on-call Medical Officer of Health on 06 834 1815 if there are any unusual circumstances that require discussion such as:

• community concern
• media interest
• increased public risk.

Report urgent diseases straight away

If the disease is on the urgent disease notification list send a notification straight away — do not wait for laboratory confirmation. Also call:

• 0800 266 020 during working hours
• 06 878 8109 after hours.

Overnight notifications can be made in exceptional circumstances if you think immediate public health action or intervention is required.

• Acute gastroenteritis — Only if you suspect an outbreak, a person has suspected or confirmed chemical or toxic food poisoning, or a case is at high risk of infecting others such as a food handler who will not stand down from work duties.
• Anthrax
• Avian influenza — highly pathogenic
• Botulism
• Cholera
• Cronobacter species
• Diphtheria
• Haemophilus influenzae B invasive disease
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B — acute illness only
• Measles
• Meningoencephalitis — primary amoebic
• MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)
• Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
• Neisseria meningitidis invasive disease (meningococcal disease)
• Plague
• Poisoning arising from chemical contamination of the environment, including from algal blooms
• Poliomyelitis
• Rabies and other lyssaviruses
• SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
• Tetanus
• Toxic shellfish poisoning
• Typhoid and paratyphoid
• Vero-toxin or shiga-like toxin producing escherichia coli
• Viral haemorrhagic fevers such as ebola
• Outbreak of any disease

Contact Public Health on 0800 266 020 if you need support and assistance with managing an outbreak in an aged-residential care facility.

Contact Public Health on 0800 266 020 if you need support and assistance with managing an outbreak in an early childhood centre.

Contact the Manawatū-Whanganui public health team to let them know of a communicable disease or hazardous substance injury or poisoning.

Palmerston North

• Phone: 06 350 9110
• Email: publichealthops@midcentraldhb.govt.nz

Whanganui

• Phone: 06 348 1775
• Email: phuwang@midcentraldhb.govt.nz

Urgent notifications and emergencies

In emergencies call 06 350 9110 and the on-call Health Protection Officer will be paged.

Send a completed notification form, between 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday, by either:

• fax to 04 570 9373
• email to GW-NPHSDiseaseNotifications@tewhatuora.govt.nz

Forms should be sent within 2 working days.

Measles notification form [PDF, 200 KB]

Health practitioner notice of notifiable disease form [PDF, 312 KB]

Pertussis (whooping cough) notification to Public Health form [PDF, 302 KB]

Urgent disease notifications

If the disease is on the urgent disease notification list send a notification straight away — do not wait for laboratory confirmation.

• During work hours call 04 570 9267
• After work hours call the on-call Medical Officer of Health on 04 570 9007

Make sure you have relevant case details available when calling.

• Patient's occupation.
• Place of work, school, or preschool.
• Date of illness onset.
• Recent countries visited and date of arrival in New Zealand.
• Whether the patient has been informed that they have a notifiable disease.
• Vaccination status, if relevant.
• Suspected source of infection, for example functions attended.

• Acute gastroenteritis — only if you suspect an outbreak, a person has suspected or confirmed chemical or toxic food poisoning, or a case is at high risk of infecting others such as a food handler who will not stand down from work duties.
• Amnesic shellfish poisoning
• Anthrax
• Avian influenza (highly pathogenic)
• Botulism
• Cholera
• Diarrhoeic shellfish poisoning
• Diphtheria
• Ebola
• Haemophilus influenzae type b (invasive disease)
• Hepatitis A — notification must include a faxed copy of serology confirming acute hepatitis and LFTs
• Hepatitis B (acute disease only) — notification must include a faxed copy of serology confirming acute hepatitis and LFTs
• Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)
• Lassa fever (viral haemorrhagic fever)
• Marburg virus disease
• Measles — Notify on suspicion and send confirmatory serology (IgM) for measles/mumps/rubella or nasopharyngeal swab result for measles or pertussis to RPH when available.
• Meningococcal disease
• Meningoencephalitis — primary amoebic
• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
• Neisseria meningitidis invasive disease or conjunctivitis
• Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning
• Non-seasonal influenza (capable of person to person transmission)
• Paralytic shellfish poisoning
• Paratyphoid fever
• Plague
• Poliomyelitis
• Rabies and other lyssaviruses
• Scombroid
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• Shiga toxin producing or verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC) infection
• Shigellosis
• Toxic shellfish poisoning - unspecified
• Tuberculosis: new case, relapse or reactivation
• Typhoid fever or paratyphoid fever
• Verotoxigenic or Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (VTEC/STEC) infection
• Viral haemorrhagic fevers
• Yellow fever
• Zika

Use the electronic reporting system on BPAC (available on Medtech32, My Practice, and Profile for Windows) under 'Hazardous Substances & Lead Notifications' on the dashboard.

Hazardous substances disease and Injury reporting tool via BPAC guide for general practitioners [PDF, 385 KB]

If you do not have access to BPAC, fax a completed Hazardous substances disease and injury reporting form to 04 570 9373.

Hazardous substances disease and injury reporting form [PDF, 784 KB]

Complete the notification form when you suspect you have a gastro or respiratory illness outbreak at your aged-residential care facility in Greater Wellington.

A gastro outbreak is when there are 2 or more cases of acute gastroenteritis in your facility:

• in a 48-hour period, or
• linked to a common source such as a specific meal or event.

A respiratory outbreak is when there are:

• 3 or more cases in a 48-hour period, or
• 4 cases in 7 days.

Aged-residential care facility gastro or respiratory outbreak notifications — Greater Wellington (external link)

Complete the notification form when you suspect you have a gastro or respiratory illness outbreak at your school in Greater Wellington.

An outbreak is when 15% or more of our school are unwell — this includes staff and students.

School gastro or respiratory outbreak notifications — Greater Wellington (external link)

Complete the notification form when you suspect you have a gastro or respiratory illness outbreak at your early childhood centre in Greater Wellington.

An outbreak is when either of the following are true:

• 3 or more cases, including staff and tamariki, in one area have similar symptoms
• 15% of the early learning service, including staff and tamariki, are unwell.

Early learning service gastro or respiratory outbreak notifications — Greater Wellington (external link)