Surveillance and Notification of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
South Australia has a dual notification system
which collects information from both laboratories and medical
practitioners.
Cases of gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis B,
hepatitis C, HIV, AIDS and donovanosis are notifiable to the South Australian Health
Commission under the Public and Environmental Health Act of 1987.
Responsibility for the notification system for these
infections has been delegated to STD Services, Royal Adelaide Hospital.
The notification system enables disease surveillance
which facilitates state wide prevention and control activities.
All enquiries should be directed to:
STD Surveillance Unit
Telephone: (08) 8222 2526
STD Services
275 North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000
Notification forms and reply paid envelopes are sent out
from the unit.
There is a legal requirement for the attending clinician
to notify all cases of syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, HIV, AIDS,
hepatitis B, hepatitis C and donovanosis infection. Computer analysis is performed on
all medical notifications.
Laboratory notification
There is a legal requirement for laboratories to notify
positive laboratory tests for syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, HIV,
hepatitis B, hepatitis C and donovanosis. STD Services is notified of the patient's
name, doctor's name and phone number.
The purpose of this system is to monitor medical notification and to
contact the attending doctor rapidly when such notification is not
forthcoming. The objectives of notification cannot be achieved by
laboratory notification alone.
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