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Disease Notification
The Department's policy directive Notification of Infectious Diseases under the Public Health Act 1991 mandates that notifiable diseases must be reported to the local Public Health Unit (PHU).
Notifiable diseases
Notification Mechanism
Case notification must be initiated within 24 hours of diagnosis
1- Download the relevant notification form from the Notifiable disease list
2- Fill in the form
3- Notify the PHU by phone if the notifiable disease is followed by a 
4- Send in the form
Doctor and Hospital Notifications should be directed to the local Public Health Unit, except for HIV, which is notifiable only by reference laboratories direct to the Communicable Diseases Branch, NSW Department of Health.
Doctors and hospital chief executive officers (or their delegate) should provide information specified in the Doctor/Hospital Notification form, either by telephone or in writing.
Laboratories should provide information specified in the Laboratory Notification form, either by phone or in writing.
In order to protect patient confidentiality, notifications must not be made by facsimile machine except in exceptional circumstances and when confidentiality is ensured.
All notifications are strictly confidential
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