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Pertussis (whooping cough) – CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units

These guidelines for Public Health Units provide nationally consistent guidance on how to respond to pertussis (whooping cough). They are part of a Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs) published by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA).

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These national guidelines give information about:

the disease
prevention activities
surveillance objectives
data management
communications
case definition
laboratory testing
case management
environmental evaluation
contact management
special situations.

The fact sheet provides more infromation about pertussis.

Pertussis (whooping cough) – CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units

Pertussis (whooping cough) – CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units [Word - 450 KB] - 43 pages

Pertussis (whooping cough) – CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units [PDF - 632 KB] - 43 pages

Pertussis (whooping cough) – CDNA fact sheet

Pertussis (whooping cough) – CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units [PDF - 32 KB] - 2 pages

Pertussis (whooping cough) – CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units [Word - 17 KB] - 2 pages

About this resource

Publication date:

March 2013

Publication type:

Guideline

Language:

English

Part of a collection:

CDNA Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs)

Tags:

Communicable diseases