Notifiable Disease In Malaysia Form
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Notifiable disease in malaysia form. 61 of 2003 this form must be completed immediately by the health care provider who diagnosed the condition please mark applicable areas with an x health facility name with provincial prefix health facility contact number health sub district. Legal document 01 january 2003 download. This file contains the form for medical practitioners notifying routine infectious diseases and other conditions in victoria. In accordance with the prevention and control of disease ordinance cap 599 there are 51 notifiable infectious diseases.
Information about notifying posters and privacy information for patients and medical practitioners see notifiable conditions and micro organisms information pack. All registered medical practitioners are required to notify the centre for health protection all suspected or confirmed cases of these diseases. Form for registered medical practitioners suspected case of reportable disease. 1 every medical practitioner who has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by him is suffering from an infectious disease or is a carrier of that disease shall notify the director within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the director may require.
Selangor contributed the highest number of noti cations of infectious diseases in malaysia during 2012 30. Public health class i notifiable diseases order 2003. The most recent amendment to the regulations is the infectious diseases amendment regulations 2020 s i. Diseases act notification of infectious diseases 6 1 every medical practitioner who has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by him is suffering from a prescribed infectious disease or is a carrier of that disease shall notify the director within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the director.
The list of diseases and their respective causative pathogens that are notifiable is contained in the infectious diseases regulations 1981 and subsequent amendments. This re à ects the burden of disease in selangor as well as from the high awareness among health care personnel. How to notify infectious diseases nbsp. Form to notify the proper officer of local health protection team hpt.
Currently available leptospirosis country data for malaysia is based on the report of morbidity and mortality for ministry of health hospitals. The top 5 noti ed diseases were dengue tuberculosis hand foot and mouth disease hfmd measles and food poisoning. Public health class i notifiable diseases order 2003 pdf 5 7 mb tags. The incidence of leptospirosis was not well documented in malaysia due to it not being a notifiable disease previously.