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Guidelines published in CDPH

Clostridium difficile

Guidelines for optimal surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals.
Vol 1 No 4, December 1998, pp229

Cryptosporidium

Advice on the response from public and environmental health to the detection of crytosporidial oocyts in treated drinking water.
Vol 3 No 1, March 2000, pp24

Diphtheria

Control of diptheria: guidance for consultants in communicable disease control.
Vol 2 No 4, December 1999, pp242

Laboratory guidelines for the diagnosis of infections caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans.
Vol 2 No 4, December 1999, pp250

Food inspection and microbiology

Guidelines for the microbiological quality of some ready-to-eat foods sampled at point of sale.
Vol 3 No 3, September 2000, pp163

Gastrointestinal infections

Preventing person-to-person spread following gastrointestinal infections: guidelines for public health physicians and environmental health officers
Vol 7 No 4, December 2004, pp362

Hepatitis A

Guidelines for the control of hepatitis A virus infection.
Vol 4 No 3, September 2001, pp213

Hepatitis C

Guidance on the investigation and management of occupational exposure to hepatitis C.
Vol 2 No 4, December 1999, pp258

HIV

Towards error-free HIV diagnosis: guidelines on laboratory practice.
Vol 6 No 4, December 2003, pp334

Legionnaires' disease

Guidelines for investigating single cases of legionnaires' disease.
Vol 5 No 2, June 2002, pp157

Malaria

Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the United Kingdom for 2001.
Vol 4 No 2, June 2001, pp84

Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the United Kingdom for 2003.
Vol 6 No 3, September 2003, pp180

Meningococcal disease

Practical guidelines for responding to an outbreak of meningococcal disease among university students based on experience in Southampton.
Vol 2 No 3, September 1999, pp168

Preventing secondary meningococcal disease in health care workers: recommendations of a working group of the PHLS meningococcus forum.
Vol 4 No 2, June 2001, pp102

Guidelines for public health management of meningococcal disease in the UK.
Vol 5 No 3, September 2002, pp187

Streptococcal disease

Interim UK guidelines for management of close community contacts of invasive group A streptococcal disease.
Vol 7 No 4, December 2004, pp354

Rash illness

Guidelines on the management of, and exposure to, rash illness in pregnancy (including considering of relevant antibody screening programmes in pregnancy).
Vol 5 No 1, March 2002, pp59

Syphilis

Serological diagnosis of syphilis.
Vol 3 No 3, September 2000, pp158

Vero cytotoxin producing Escherichia coli

Guidelines for the control of infections with Vero cytotoxin producing Escherichia Coli (VTEC).
Vol 3 No 1, March 2000, pp14