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Notifiable disease processes for Auckland and Northland - Te Tai Tokerau

Urgent disease notifications

Please send urgent disease notifications via eReferral in PMS (same as COVID notification eReferral).

Do not wait for laboratory confirmation before sending.

After sending an urgent disease notification eReferral:

In Auckland, outside of office hours please also call 09 623 4600 to inform the on-call medical officer of health. Visit Auckland HealthPathways for more information.

In Northland, during office hours please also call 09 430-4101 ext 60592. Outside of office hours please inform the Medical Officer of Health by phoning 09 430-4100 and asking for the on-call Health Protection Officer. Visit Northland HealthPathways for more information.

You no longer need to email a word document to notify public health.

Please send urgent disease notifications via eReferral in PMS (same as COVID notification eReferral). Do not wait for laboratory confirmation before sending.

Fish poisoning / marine toxin poisoning (including Ciguatera fish poisoning and Scombroid poisoning)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis E
Ill traveller (e.g. diagnosed with a suspected notifiable disease upon arrival into New Zealand)
Listeria (invasive)
Measles
Meningococcal disease
Mumps
Paratyphoid
Pertussis
Shigella (culture positive and non-sonnei)
Viral gastroenteritis including norovirus (if two or more cases linked to the same source; there is a high-risk of onward transmission, or causative agent is non-infectious gastrointestinal intoxicants)
Typhoid
Outbreak of any notifiable disease – an outbreak is defined as two or more cases linked to a common source

Last updated 9.7.2024

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES

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Notifiable disease processes for Auckland and Northland - Te Tai Tokerau

Urgent disease notifications

After sending an urgent disease notification eReferral:

For health advice call Healthline for free anytime on 0800 611 116

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