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Tuesday, 24 April 2018

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Title: Guidelines for exclusion of people with enteric infections and their contacts from work, school and child care settings
Document ID: Operational Directive OD 0645/16
Date of issue: Thursday, 7 January 2016
Status: Current
File number(s): F-AA-37102
Description: The purpose of this document is to advise health care workers of the recommended action to be undertaken for the exclusion of persons with notifiable and non-notifiable enteric infections and their contacts from work, school and child care settings.
Applicable to: Health Care Workers
Framework: Public Health Policy Framework
Period of effect: from 16 December 2015 to 16 December 2020
Review date: 16 December 2020
Authorised by: Dr David Russell-Weisz, Director General, Department of Health, 22-Dec-2015
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Supersedes:
  OD 0303/10  (20-Oct-2010) :: Guidelines for exclusion of people with enteric infections and their contacts from work, school and child-care settings
Related documents:
  OD 0490/14  (29-Jan-2014) :: Public Health Follow-up of Sporadic Enteric Disease Notifications
Related documents:
  OD 0465/13  (24-Oct-2013) :: Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities
Related documents:
  OD 0228/09  (05-Nov-2009) :: Hepatitis A: National Guidelines for Public Health Unit

Guidelines for exclusion of people with enteric infections and their contacts from work, school and child care settings

The purpose of this document is to advise health care workers of the recommended action to be undertaken for the exclusion of persons with notifiable and non-notifiable enteric infections and their contacts from work, school and child-care settings.

This document should be read in conjunction with:

  1. Operational Directive 0490/14 Public Health Follow-up of Sporadic Enteric Disease Notifications
  2. Operational Directive 0465/13 Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities
  3. Operational Directive 0228/09 Hepatitis A: National guidelines for public health units

Dr David Russell-Weisz
DIRECTOR GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

This circular last updated: Thursday, 7 January 2016 at 3:09pm
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