Look up: Notifiable Disease

1. notifiable disease
   Type: Term Definitions: 1. a disease that, by statutory requirements, must be reported to the public health or veterinary authorities when the diagnosis is made because of its importance to human or animal health. Synonyms: reportable disease
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2. Notifiable disease
   Certain infectious diseases are notifiable. This means clinicians are legally required to report incidences to the public health authorities in order to prevent epidemic and contagion. A notification triggers an investigation in to how the infectious disease started and prompts action to control its...
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3. notifiable disease
   a disease which by law has to be reported to the appropriate authorities.
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4. Notifiable Disease
   A disease prescribed by the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1998 eg tetanus.
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5. Notifiable disease
   Notifiable disease: See: Reportable disease.Common Misspellings: notifiable diease, notifiable desease
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6. notifiable disease
   <epidemiology> Diseases, usually of an infectious nature, whose occurrence is required by law to be made known to a health officer or local government authority. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...
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7. notifiable disease
   one required to be reported to federal, state, or local health officials when diagnosed, because of infectiousness, severity, or frequency of occurrence.
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8. Notifiable Disease
   A disease, that by law, must be reported to public health officials when a diagnosis is made. Reporting the disease to proper officials helps keep outbreaks from occurring. Diseases that must be reported include AIDS, anthrax, hepatitis, botulism, diptheria, plague, rabies and other conditions. Synonym(s): Reportable Disease
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9. Notifiable disease
   A `notifiable disease` is any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities. The collation of information allows the authorities to monitor the disease, and provides early warning of possible outbreaks. Many governments have enacted regulations for reporting of both human ...
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