Infectious diseases and prevention

• Infectious diseases are diseases that can spread from person to person.
• They are also called ‘communicable’ diseases.
• They can be caused by a specific infectious agent or its toxic products through transmission from an infected person, animal or other sources such as food or contaminated water).

Notifiable diseases

• Notifiable diseases are those with a significance for public health. An example is coronavirus (COVID-19).
• By law, notifiable diseases must be reported to the Director of Public Health.
• For more information, please call the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738.

Download guidelines for notifying diseases and food contaminants

View notifiable diseases by topic

Communicable Diseases Prevention Unit (CDPU) Bulletin 

• From July 2024 the CDPU team are producing a bulletin to provide statistical data and key clinical and provider updates relevant to infectious diseases that are reported to CDPU.
• The team plan to issue the CDPU bulletin three times a year.

• You can access the bulletin here, and see below to subscribe to receive the CDPU bulletin direct to your email:

  CDPU Bulletin - Vol 1, No.1

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• You can subscribe now to the CDPU Bulletin to receive each issue direct to your email inbox.
• Please note: If you are an Authorised Immuniser or a Program Approval holder you do not need to subscribe as you will automatically receive communications. 

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