MANAGING INCIDENTS PRESENTING ACTUAL
OR POTENTIAL RISKS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH:
Guidance on the Roles and Responsibilities of Incident Control Teams
Annex 1
CURRENT SCOTTISH GUIDANCE RELATED TO OUTBREAKS AND INCIDENTS
MEL(1997)70 - Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens: Guidance on the Management and Control of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers- High Isolation Provision for Actual or Suspected Cases of Viral Haemorrhagic Fever in Scotland
MEL(1997)72 - Emergency Planning - Pandemic Influenza (Full Plan sent to DsPH under cover of letter from CMO of 13.10.97.
MEL(1996)93 - Hepatitis B Infected Healthcare Workers (Addendum to Covering Scottish Executive letter signed by CMO and Acting Chief Exec, August 93 - Hepatitis B Infected Healthcare Workers (enclosing Guidance))
HDL(2000)3 - Hepatitis B Infected Healthcare Workers
CMO(2000)1- Memorandum on Rabies Prevention and Control
Food Standards Agency (Scotland)/SEHD - Guidance on t he Investigation and Control of Outbreaks of Foodborne Disease in Scotland -May 2002
Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health - Guidelines for the Investigation of Zoonotic Disease in Scotland April 2001
Scottish Office Department of Health Advisory Group on Infection- Scottish Infection Manual - Guidance on core standards for the control of infection in hospitals, health care premises and at the community interface July 1998
Scottish Office Department of Health -Control of Tuberculosis in Scotland 1998
SEHD -HIV Post-exposure prophylaxis, Guidance from UK CMOs' Expert Advisory Group on AIDS, July 2000.
SEHD -Guidance on Local Reporting of CJD cases and Local Action by Consultants in Public Health Medicine (CD&EH), April 2001.
SEHD/NHSScotland -Deliberate release of Biological and Chemical Agents in Scotland - Guidance to help plan the health service response (Restricted release), May 2002
SEHD -Guidance onPublic health action following the identification of raised levels of cryptosporidium in public drinking water supplies. January 2003.
Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (in collaboration with PHLS and PHMEG) -Guidelines for the Public Health Management of Meningocococcal Disease in the UK, Communicable Disease and Public Health Journal, September 2002 .
SEHD - NHS Scotland - Responding to Emergencies
SEHD -HDL (2002) 10 - Regional Planning. March 2002.