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Data Supply Requirement Detail

Notifying a Detection of Legionella Data Supply Requirement (DSR)
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 020295 v1
Data Supply Requirement
Qld Legislation
Current
15-Sep-2017
Documented
Executive Director, Health Protection Branch
01-Jul-2017
Under Section 61H of the Public Health Act 2005 the person in charge of a prescribed facility must give notice to the Department of Health within 1 business day of receiving a positive Legionella result(s) from a prescribed test. This DSR outlines the requirements for notifying a detection of Legionella to the Department of Health.
Legionella detection notification
Collection and Usage Attributes
1. Ensure a prescribed facility improves its management and control of health risks associated with the supply and use of water (in particular health risks associated with Legionella).
2. Provide greater public transparency of water testing activities being undertaken by prescribed facilities.
When Legionella is detected within a prescribed facility, the person in charge must give notice to the Department of Health within 1 business day of receiving the result of the prescribed test. This detection notice must be submitted by:
- Completing the Notifying a Detection of Legionella form
- Emailing the form to legionella@health.qld.gov.au
OFFICIAL
A 'prescribed facility' means:
- a public sector hospital that provides treatment or care to inpatients; or
- a private health facility licensed under the Private Health Facility Act 1999; or
- a State aged care facility; or
- a residential aged care facility, other than a State aged care facility, prescribed by regulation.

A 'prescribed test' for Legionella is a test that:
- quantifies the number of Legionella colony forming units in the sample tested; and
- is carried out by a laboratory accredited as complying with the international standard ISO/IEC 17025, and
- is a test identified in the scope of the laboratory's accreditation.
Legionella are a class of bacteria found in the natural environment around the world. There are over 50 species of Legionella bacteria, some of which can cause disease in humans. The most common disease causing species are Legionella pneumophila and Legionella longbeachae.

Most Legionella species, including Legionella pneumophila, thrive in warm water, and need the presence of other organisms (e.g. amoebae) to multiply. They grow readily in man-made environments such as inside plumbing fixtures and pipes, where warm temperatures and the build-up of nutrients and microorganisms on surfaces (called biofilm) provide an ideal environment.

Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia caused by Legionella. Humans might contract this disease by inhaling microscopic/ invisible droplets (aerosols) of contaminated water from man-made systems such as hot or warm water systems, showerheads, spa baths and fountains.
While most people are unlikely to get Legionnaires' disease, some groups are more at risk than others. It is not spread person-to-person.

Under Section 61H of the Public Health Act 2005 the person in charge of a prescribed facility must give notice to the Department of Health within 1 business day of receiving a positive Legionella result(s) from a prescribed test. The approved Notifying a Detection of Legionella form must be submitted to legionella@health.qld.gov.au.

A 'business day' means a day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a public holiday, special holiday or bank holiday.
Data is collected by completing the Notifying a Detection of Legionella form.
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Relates toData Supply RequirementQld LegislationLegionella Periodic (Quarterly) Reporting Data Supply Requirement (DSR)QH 020294 Version 1Current
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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Data ElementData ElementFacility (address)-Australian postcodeQH 041836 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2017
Data ElementData ElementFacility (address)-email addressQH 041840 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2017
Data ElementData ElementFacility (address)-suburb/town/locality nameQH 041835 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2017
Data ElementData ElementFacility (address)-telephone numberQH 041838 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2017
Data ElementData ElementFacility (name)-formal facility nameQH 041880 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2017
Data ElementData ElementPerson (name)-family nameQH 040002 Version 5MandatoryCurrent20-Mar-2018
Data ElementData ElementPerson (name)-family nameQH 040002 Version 4MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201719-Mar-2018
Data ElementData ElementPerson (name)-given nameQH 040003 Version 6MandatoryCurrent18-Jul-2023
Data ElementData ElementPerson (name)-given nameQH 040003 Version 5MandatorySuperseded20-Mar-201817-Jul-2023
Data ElementData ElementPerson (name)-given nameQH 040003 Version 4MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201719-Mar-2018
Source and Reference Attributes
Department of Health (DoH)
Notifying a Detection of Legionella
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/632752/notify-legionella-detection.pdf
DSR; Legionella; WRMP; Water Risk Management Plan;