Health practitioners are legally required to report to the Medical Officer of Health any cases of:
- Notifiable diseases (section 74 Health Act 1956) or;
- Hazardous substance injuries (section 143 Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996).
Health practitioners are legally required to report to the Medical Officer of Health any cases of:
Notification allows public health services to collect, analyse and act on information to reduce the risk of disease in the public. Notifications allow us to:
Check if the disease requires urgent or non-urgent notification (see the tables below)
Urgent disease notifications:
Non-urgent disease notifications:
Make sure you have relevant case details available when calling, including:
Phone 0800 221 555 during office hours OR call the on-call Medical Officer of Health via the hospital switchboard after hours (and overnight if you think immediate public health action or intervention is required). |
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Anthrax |
Neisseria meningitidis invasive disease (meningococcal disease) |
Avian influenza (highly pathogenic) |
Plague |
Botulism |
Poisoning arising from chemical contamination of the environment, including from algal blooms |
Cholera |
Poliomyelitis |
Cronobacter species |
Rabies and other lyssaviruses |
Diphtheria |
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) |
Haemophilus influenzae B invasive disease |
Tetanus |
Hepatitis A |
Toxic shellfish poisoning |
Hepatitis B (acute illness only) |
Typhoid and paratyphoid |
Measles |
Vero-toxin or Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli |
Meningoencephalitis - primary amoebic |
Viral haemorrhagic fevers e.g. Ebola |
MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) |
Outbreak of any disease¹ |
Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) |
¹ An outbreak is an increase in the occurrence of a disease; usually two or more linked cases.
Complete the notification form via Best Practice e-referral OR email the notification form to CD.Admin@bopdhb.govt.nz. Call the on-call Medical Officer of Health if there are any unusual circumstances that require discussion such as: community concern, media interest or increased public risk. |
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Acute gastroenteritis² |
Listeriosis |
Arboviral diseases (e.g. Dengue, Zika)³ |
Malaria |
Brucellosis |
Mumps |
Campylobacteriosis |
Non-seasonal influenza |
Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (and other spongiform encephalopathies) |
Pertussis |
Cysticercosis |
Q fever |
Giardiasis |
Rheumatic fever |
Hepatitis C (acute illness only) |
Rickettsial diseases |
Hepatitis (viral) - not otherwise specified (acute illness only) |
Rubella |
Hazardous Substance injuries* |
Salmonellosis |
Hydatid disease |
Shigellosis |
Invasive pneumococcal disease |
Taeniasis |
Lead absorption >/= 0.48 micromol/L |
Trichinosis |
Legionellosis |
Tuberculosis (all forms) |
Leprosy |
Yellow fever |
Leptospirosis |
Yersiniosis |
² Not all cases of acute gastroenteritis are notifiable or urgent. Urgent notification is required if: You suspect an outbreak, a case is at high risk of infecting others e.g. a food handler who will not stand down from work duties or a person has suspected or confirmed chemical or toxic food poisoning.
³ Notify arbovirus infections urgently if there is suspicion that it has been locally acquired.
* Hazardous substances are defined under the HSNO Act as anything that has one or more of the following properties: explosiveness, flammability, a capacity to oxidise, corrosiveness, toxicity (including chronic toxicity), ecotoxicity, with or without bioaccumulation; OR on contact with air or water generates a substance with any 1 or more of the properties above. This includes injuries from chemical burns, cleaning products or fireworks. Both intentional and unintentional injuries should be reported.
Use the notification form on the ESR website for the following diseases. |
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) |
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) |
Gonorrhoea |
Syphilis Congenital syphilis |