Notification - what's it all about?
Esler, D.; Just, E.
Australian Family Physician 36(5): 337-339
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8495 PMID: 17492068 Document Number: 608112
General practitioners are often unsure of their obligation to notify public health units of infectious disease in their patients. A measles case study in which contacts missed out on appropriate prophylaxis due to failure to notify by a GP and hospital staff is discussed. This article aims to demonstrate the rationale behind prompt infectious disease notification. This case study highlights the importance of notification on clinical suspicion of a disease, and subsequent actions taken by public health units.