Health information for the clinician

SA Health is committed to providing health professionals with relevant and up-to-date resources.

Communicable diseases

For more information about communicable diseases visit SA Health’s Communicable Disease Control Branch.

Information on infectious diseases and simple practical advice for preventing their transmission in the home and community can be downloaded from You’ve Got What.

For information about notifiable diseases, links to the legislation, latest statistics, forms and listings visit the Notification of Communicable Disease web page.

You are obliged by the Public and Environmental Health Act, 1987 to notify SA Health of people suspected of having notifiable diseases. The ‘Report of notifiable disease or related death form’ can be downloaded, completed and either posted or faxed to the Communicable Disease Control Branch (CDCB). To ensure confidentiality, please do not email the completed form.

To notify AIDS, HIV, hepatitis B or C or sexually transmitted infections to the STD Control Branch: a special notification form will be forwarded automatically to the doctor upon a positive laboratory result.

All notifications are recorded and followed-up appropriately.

Reporting these diseases enables the CDCB to monitor and investigate them, in order to prevent spread and reduce their impact on the community.

Quality use of medicines

SA Health’s Quality Use of Medicines South Australia Working Group (QUMSA) has been established to optimise the Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) in South Australia through providing advice and leadership in the area of QUM and by supporting the implementation of QUM projects, programs and research.

For information about the Quality Use of Medicines in South Australia, please visit SA Health’s Quality Use of Medicines page.

MIMS Online

SA Health staff can use this link for access from workplace computers or contact their library for SALUS access. Private subscriptions can be organised via MIMS.

Australian Medicines Handbook

SA Health staff can contact their library for access information. Private subscriptions can be organised via Australian Medicines Handbook.

Journal subscriptions

You can subscribe to a range of journals through MyAthens, which enables you to see the set of resources that your organisation has allocated to you.

Contact your library for MyAthens access information.

Evidence-based summaries

The following links provide high quality evidence-based summaries of research for health care professionals, policy makers, carers and clients.

Cochrane Reviews

Joanna Briggs Institute Library of Systematic Reviews. Contact your library for access information. Private subscriptions can be organised via Joanna Briggs Institute.

Primary Care Sidebar Project

A tool for health professionals, the Primary Care Sidebar Project offers decision support, helps with assessment and access to the Health Provider Registry.

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) operations are governed by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009, which came into effect on 1 July 2010. This law means that for the first time in Australia, 10 health professions are regulated by nationally consistent legislation.

AHPRA supports the 10 National Boards that are responsible for regulating the 10 health professions. The primary role of the Boards is to protect the public and they set standards and policies that all registered health practitioners must meet.

More information about the scheme is available within Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010.

Pathology services

SA Pathology provides quality diagnostic pathology services to the South Australian community, as well as support for training and research.

Blood, Organ and Tissue Programs

Blood, Organ and Tissue Programs is responsible for overseeing blood and blood product use within South Australia. Our role is to lead strategic direction and policy in regard to the use of blood and blood products to ensure best possible outcomes for all South Australians.