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Road ambulance services review
The Northern Territory Government commissioned the review of Road Ambulance Services in the Northern Territory earlier this year to ensure Territorians have the best possible service into the future.
Implementing the National Code of Conduct
Implementing the National Code of Conduct for health care workers who are not registered in the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme in the NT – Have your say
New Meningococcal vaccine rolled out
Health services within the Territory will begin the roll out of the ACWY Meningococcal vaccine for 12 month old babies from Friday 1 December.
Norovirus outbreak at Royal Darwin Hospital
A gastroenteritis outbreak has occurred in a ward at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH). To ensure the virus is contained as quickly as possible, we have implemented a strict outbreak management plan to contain any infection, which currently affects only one ward. It takes very few virus particles to cause infection so we ask that family members of patients in the ward, Ward 4B Isolation, consider delaying visits and phone the ward before coming to the hospital.
Wet weather prompts start of salt-marsh mosquito season
The Department of Health is urging people to protect themselves from mosquitoes, as numbers are expected to increase in coastal areas following last week’s high tide and local rainfall. Elevated numbers are expected to start around 14 November, with numbers expected to further increase over the next weeks until the arrival of the monsoon.
Safe cooking promoted to Central Australians during Food Safety Week
It’s Australian Food Safety Week from 11-18 November 2017 and the Department of Health’s Central Australia Environmental Health Services are urging local consumers to exercise good food safety practices, including proper food storage and preparation and to use a food thermometer to ensure food is properly cooked.
Rains signal start of Melioidosis season
The rains have started and Territorians need to be ‘Melioidosis aware’.
Meningococcal ACYW vaccine program to be expanded
The meningococcal quadrivalent (ACWY) vaccination program, developed to control an outbreak of meningococcal W disease in the Aboriginal population of Central Australia and the western Katherine regions, is to be expanded to include all young Territorians aged one to 19 year old in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Katherine.
Celebrating Excellence in Health
Congratulations to the well deserving winners of the inaugural 2017 NT Health Excellence Awards.
Statement regarding meningococcal disease – Update
The Centre for Disease Control has today identified that the child who died on the weekend had meningococcal ‘B’ strain, confirming that it was not related to the current outbreak in central Australia (which is the “W” strain). The case in Darwin is being treated as an isolated incident.