The Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit's (LMPHU)health protection role involves protecting individuals, groups and populations against emerging health threats related to infectious diseases and the environment.
The management of communicable disease conditions in our region has transitioned from the Victorian Department of Health to the LMPHU.
This involves surveillance and monitoring of infectious diseases, responding to case investigations and outbreaks, strategic health protection work, and outbreak planning in addition to education and training for healthcare professionals and communities.
For medical practitioners and laboratories
If you are Medical Practitioner or laboratory notifying a case please use the online notification smart form or for urgent conditions please call the Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit on 1800 959 400.
For community members
If you are a member of the community and we have tried to contact you this may be because:
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Your medical practitioner has notified us that you have or are suspected to have a notifiable disease
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We believe you may have been exposed to notifiable disease
The purpose of our contact is to identify the source of the disease, prevent further cases, and to assist broader prevention strategies. All information provided by you is confidential and protected by legislation; it is only shared when necessary, with authorised relevant parties.
To speak to the Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit please call 1800 959 400 or email [email protected]
Notifiable conditions
Please see below the list of Urgent and Routine Notifiable conditions that LMPHU manage:
| Communicable Disease | Condition Type | Notifiable Status | DH Resource | Additional Links |
| Anthrax | Zoonoses | Urgent |
*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. |
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| Botulism | Enteric Condition | Urgent |
*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. |
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| Candida Auris | AMR Organisms | Urgent |
*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. |
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| Cholera | Enteric Condition | Urgent |
*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. |
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| Diphtheria | Vaccine Preventable Diseases | Urgent |
*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. |
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| Food or Water-Borne Illness | Enteric Condition | Urgent |
(2 or more cases) Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 |
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| Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) | Enteric Condition | Urgent |
Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 |
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| Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib) | Vaccine Preventable Diseases | Urgent | Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 | |
| Hepatitis A | Enteric Condition | Urgent | Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 |
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| iGAS- (Streptococcal Infection-Group A) | Vaccine Preventable Disease | Urgent |
Medical practitioners and pathology services must notify cases of iGAS immediately upon diagnosis to the Department of Health. |
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| Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) | Vaccine Preventable Diseases | Urgent |
Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 |
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| Japanese Encephalitis (JEV) | Vector-borne Condition | Urgent |
Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 |
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| Legionellosis | Other (Environmental) Conditions | Urgent |
Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 |
Control Guidelines |
| Listeriosis | Enteric Condition | Urgent |
Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 |
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| Measles | Vaccine Preventable Disease | Urgent | Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 | Control Guidelines |
| Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) | Other (Environmental) Conditions | Urgent | *Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. | Control Guidelines |
| MPOX Virus | Zoonotic Conditions | Urgent | Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 | Control Guidelines |
| Murray Valley Encephalitis (MVE) | Vector-borne Conditions | Urgent | Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 | |
| Paratyphoid & Typhoid | Enteric Condition | Urgent |
Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 |
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| Plague | Zoonoses | Urgent |
*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. |
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| Poliovirus | Vaccine Preventable Diseases | Urgent | *Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. | |
| Rabies & Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV) | Zoonotic Condition | Urgent | Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 | Control Guidelines |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) | Other | Urgent | *Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. | Control Guidelines |
| Smallpox | Other (Environmental) Conditions (Quarantinable) | Urgent | *Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. | Control Guidelines |
| Tularaemia | Zoonotic Condition | Urgent | *Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. | |
| Viral Gastroenteritis | Enteric Condition | Urgent |
(2 or more cases) Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 |
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| Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers | Other (Environmental) Conditions | Urgent |
*Medical practitioners: not required to notify Pathology services must notify immediately by telephone, followed by written notification within five days. |
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| Yellow Fever | Vector-borne Condition | Urgent | Must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services immediately by telephone 1800 959 400 |
| Communicable Disease | Condition Type | Notifiable Status | DH Resource | Additional Links |
| Acute Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Heart Disease | Vaccine Preventable Disease | Routine |
*Medical practitioners who reasonably believe that a patient has, or may have, ARF or RHD must notify the Department of Health in writing within five business days. Notification of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease by medical professional’s form |
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| Arbo (Zika) Infection | Vector-borne Condition | Routine | Notification of Zika Virus form | |
| Barmah Forest | Vector-borne Condition | Routine | Notification of Barmah Forest virus infection form | |
| Brucellosis | Zoonotic Condition | Routine | Notification of Brucellosis form |
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| Campylobacter Infection | Enteric Condition | Routine | *must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days | |
| Carbapenemase- producing Acinetobacter spp | AMR Organisms | Routine | *Medical practitioners: not required to notify *Pathology services: written notification within 5 days. |
For long term residential care facilities: Control Guidelines For Health Services: Control Guidelines |
| Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales | AMR Organisms | Routine | *Medical practitioners: not required to notify *Pathology services: written notification within 5 days. | |
| Chikungunya Virus | Vector-borne Condition | Routine | Notification of chikungunya virus infection form | |
| Chlamydia | Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection | Routine | *Medical practitioners: not required to notify *Pathology services: written notification within 5 days. |
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| COVID-19 | Respiratory Condition | Routine |
*Medical practitioners: not required to notify *pathology services: written notification within 5 days. |
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| Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) | Other Conditions | Routine | *must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days. |
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| Creutzfeldt-Jakob Variant Disease (CJKVD) | Other Conditions | Routine | *must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days. |
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| Cryptosporidiosis | Enteric Condition | Routine | *must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days. |
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| Dengue | Vector-borne Condition | Routine | Notification of Dengue Form | |
| Donovanosis | Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection | Routine | Notification of Donovanosis form | |
| Gonorrhea | Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection | Routine | Notification of Gonococcal infection form | |
| Hepatitis B | Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection | Routine | Notification of Hepatitis B form | |
| Hepatitis C | Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection | Routine | Notification of Hepatitis C form | |
| Hepatitis D | Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection | Routine | Notification of Hepatitis D form | |
| Hepatitis E | Enteric Condition | Routine |
*must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days |
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| Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection | Routine | Notification of HIV infection form | |
| Influenza | Respiratory Condition | Routine |
*Medical practitioners not required to notify *Pathology services: written notification within 5 days. |
Control Guidelines |
| Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) | Vaccine Preventable Disease | Routine | Control Guidelines | |
| Kunjin/ West Nile Virus | Vector-borne Condition | Routine | *Medical practitioners not required to notify
*Pathology services: written notification within 5 days. |
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| Leprosy | Other conditions | Routine |
* notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days. |
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| Leptospirosis | Zoonotic Condition | Routine | Notification of Leptospirosis form | |
| Malaria | Vector-borne | Routine | Control Guidelines | |
| Mumps | Vaccine Preventable Diseases | Routine | Control Guidelines | |
| Mycobacterium Ulcerans | Zoonotic Condition | Routine | ||
| Pertussis | Respiratory Condition | Routine | Control Guidelines | |
| Psittacosis (Ornithosis) | Zoonotic Condition | Routine | Control Guidelines | |
| Q Fever | Zoonotic Condition | Routine | Control Guidelines | |
| Ross River Virus Infection | Vector-borne | Routine | Control Guidelines | |
| Rotavirus | Vaccine Preventable Disease | Routine |
*Medical practitioners: not required to notify *Pathology services: Routine- written notification within 5 days. |
Control Guidelines |
| RSV- (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) | Respiratory Condition | Routine |
*Medical practitioners: not required to notify *Pathology services: written notification within 5 days. |
Better Health Channel |
| Rubella | Vaccine Preventable Disease | Routine | Control Guidelines | |
| Salmonellosis | Enteric Condition | Routine |
*notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days. |
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| Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection | Enteric Condition | Routine | Control Guidelines | |
| Shigella | Enteric Condition | Routine | Control Guidelines | |
| Syphilis | Blood Borne Virus/ Sexually Transmitted Infection | Routine | ||
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Tetanus |
Vaccine Preventable Disease | Routine |
*notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days. |
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Varicella Zoster Infection (Chickenpox & Shingles) |
Vaccine Preventable Disease | Routine |
*must be notified by medical practitioners and pathology services in writing within 5 days |
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| VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) | AMR Organisms | Routine | *Medical practitioners: not required to notify *Pathology services: written notification within 5 days. |
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Operational considerations
- Consider providing updates weekly via area or LGA huddles
- Consider communication needs via Loddon Mallee Health Network Regional Communication arrangements and information sharing
- Consider regional coordination role for set-up needs (dependent on complexity)
