Fact sheets

The Department of Health, Western Australia, does not produce fact sheets on this topic.

Public Health action

• Prophylaxis for Haemophilis influenza type B infections

• Australian Immunisation Handbook

• Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic. Therapeutic Guidelines Limited: Melbourne

• Communicable Disease Guidelines, for teachers, child care workers, local government authorities and medical practitioners. Department of Health, Western Australia

Notifiable disease data and reports

• Up-to-date Haemophilus influenza type B infection (invasive) notification data

•  General infectious disease reports

Additional sources of information

• Control of Communicable Diseases Manual  

Exclusion

Cases: Do not exclude.
Contacts: Do not exclude. Contact management will be coordinated by Department of Health staff.

Case definition

Only confirmed cases should be notified.

Confirmed case

A confirmed case requires laboratory definitive evidence only.

Laboratory definitive evidence

1. Isolation of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) from a normally sterile site where typing has been confirmed at an approved reference laboratory
OR

2. Detection of Hib antigen in cerebrospinal fluid when other laboratory parameters are consistent with meningitis.