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Toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke
Our work › Tobaccofacts18 December 2024 - Your lungs cannot protect you from the toxic and cancer-causing chemicals in smoke. Learn more about these chemicals and how they can affect you.
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Children and smoking, vaping and tobacco
Topics › Smoking, vaping and tobacco › Smoking, vaping and tobacco for specific audiences21 December 2023 - Children and young people exposed to second-hand smoke and vapour from e-cigarettes, also known as vapes, are at greater risk of serious health and development problems. Find out what these risks are and what you can do as a parent or carer to reduce them.
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Exposure draft – Aged Care Bill 2023
Resources › Publications11 November 2024 - This is an exposure draft of the Bill for the new Aged Care Act that was the focus of a public consultation, which ran from 14 December 2023 to 8 March 2024
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Designing the new aged care regulatory model
Our work › New aged care regulatory model6 January 2025 - We worked closely with older people, their families and carers, providers, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and the sector to design the new aged care regulatory model.
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AHPPC statement on national principles for managed quarantine
News and media2 September 2021 - Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) statement on managed quarantine for international arrivals including hotel quarantine
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Mandating booster vaccination for disability support workers
Resources › Committee statements1 February 2023 - The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has now advised that three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine are required to be up to date in order to provide protection against both infection and severe disease.
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Perfluorinated chemicals in food – dietary exposure assessment
Resources › Publications30 April 2017 - This report provides a preliminary dietary exposure report on perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS).
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Mandating booster vaccinations in residential aged care workers
Resources › Committee statements28 October 2022 - The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has now advised that three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine are required to be up to date in order to provide protection against both infection and severe disease.
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Ensure you are protected against measles and polio before going overseas
News and media8 October 2024 - A statement from Professor Paul Kelly, Australian Government Chief Medical Officer, outlining the importance of vaccination against measles and polio.
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CDNA National Guidelines – Information for Healthcare Workers
Resources › Publications18 December 2018 - This Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) fact sheet gives information health care workers in line with the Australian National Guidelines for the Management of Healthcare Workers Living with Blood Borne Viruses (BBV) and who Perform Exposure Prone Procedures at Risk of Exposure to BBVs.