Communicable disease control guidelines

Infection prevention in healthcare

• Infection prevention Mandatory Policies
• Guideline: Microbiological Air Sampling of Operating Rooms in Western Australian Healthcare Facilities
• Guideline: MRSA Screening and Management of Healthcare Workers
• Guideline: Screening and Management of Multi-resistant Organisms in Healthcare Facilities
• Guideline: Reprocessing of Infant Feeding Equipment in Western Australian Healthcare Facilities
• Guideline: Management of Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids in Healthcare Settings
• Guideline: Respiratory Protection Guidelines for Western Australian Healthcare Facilities
• Guideline: Insertion and Management of Peripheral Intravenous Cannulae in Healthcare Facilities
• Guideline: Guidelines for using the microalert system in Western Australian Public Healthcare Facilities

Immunisation

• Australian Immunisation Handbook (external site)
• Immunisation provider information and resources
• OD 0388/12 Health Care Worker Immunisation Policy
• OD 0355/11 Vaccine Cold Chain Guidelines

Sexual health and blood-borne viruses

• Guideline for Managing Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-borne Viruses
• Guideline for the Mandatory Testing of a Suspected Transferor for an Infectious Disease (Blood-borne Viruses)
• Guideline for the Operation and Maintenance of Needle and Syringe Vending Machines (NSVM) and Needle and Syringe Dispensing Machines (NSDM)
• Guideline for the Provision of Hepatitis A and B Vaccine to Adults in Western Australia at Risk of Acquiring These Infections by Sexual Transmission and Injecting Drug Use
• Guideline for the Provision of HIV Treatment in Western Australia under the Federation Funding Agreement (Access to HIV Treatment for People Who Are Not Eligible for Medicare)
• Guideline: Provision of Needle and Syringe Programs (NSP) in Western Australia
• Guideline for the public health review of congenital syphilis cases
• Guideline for Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (NPEP) to Prevent HIV in Western Australia
  • HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Information for Consumers in Perth and Peel
  • HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Information for Consumers in Perth and Peel – Plain Language
  • HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Information for Consumers in Non-Metropolitan Areas
  • HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Information for Consumers in Non-Metropolitan Areas – Plain Language
  • Management of Non-Occupational Exposure to HIV in Metropolitan EDs Flowchart
  • Management of Non-Occupational Exposure to HIV in Non-Metropolitan EDs Flowchart
  • Visit Schedule for 7 Day NPEP Supply in Metropolitan Areas
  • Visit Schedule for 28 Day NPEP Supply in Metropolitan Areas
  • Visit Schedule for 28 Day NPEP Supply in Non-Metropolitan Areas

Disease control and surveillance

• Childcare and schools
• Enteric infections
• Residential care facilities-guidelines for infection control and managing outbreaks
• OD 0296/10 Interagency Management of Children Under 14 Who are Diagnosed With a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)
• OD 0465/13 Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities
• Guideline: Exclusion of people with enteric infection and their contacts
• Guideline: Public health management of notifiable enteric diseases (PDF 387KB)
• Guideline: Treatment for Shigella infections (‘Shigellosis’) in Western Australia
  • ATT1-Treatment guideline for shigellosis in remote populations of Western Australia
  • ATT2-Treatment guideline for multi-drug resistant (MDR) shigellosis in Western Australia 
    this treatment guideline is no longer applicable and is under review. For advice on treatment of MDR shigellosis cases please contact the Communicable Disease Control Directorate on (08) 9222 0255 or email ozfoodnetwa@health.wa.gov.au.
• Public health management of communicable diseases on vessels in Western Australia (PDF 250KB)

Authorised officers

Authorised officers are persons or classes of persons who are designated as authorised officers with authority to administer and enforce provisions of the Public Health Act 2016. The above guidelines assist authorised officers to meet their obligations under the Public Health Act 2016.