Infectious Diseases
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Health professionals can access our Referrals
Infectious Diseases (ID) provides specialist assessment, diagnosis, and management of infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. The service supports patients with simple and complex infections, including those that are persistent, recurrent, or require specialist treatment planning.
We care for and treat people with:
- Associated complications and fever in return travellers
- Endocarditis
- Hepatitis B
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Mycobacterial Infectives: Including Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium Ulcerans, Mycobacterium Avium Complex
- Management of complex Infections, Long term infections managed by Hospital in the Home
- Osteomyelitis
- Orthopaedic Joint Infection
- Sexually Transmitted diseases
- Spinal Infections.
Exclusions:
The following conditions/procedures are not routinely seen at Bayside Health - Regional (Bass Coast):
- Paediatrics <18
- Non-Infective Rashes
- Hepatitis C.
How to access this service
Referral to this service can be made by your general practitioner (GP), another medical specialist or a healthcare professional, as well as hospital-based staff in the emergency department, inpatient wards and other areas of the hospital.
More information for health practitioners and referrers is available here:
Gastroenterology Referral Guide
Referral Form: MR-309 Outpatient specialist clinic referral:
Clinically recommended guidance and resources for Health Professionals in the Gippsland region are available through Gippsland Pathways.
Additional resources:
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/infectious-and-communicable-diseases
What to bring to your appointment:
- Medicare card
- Health Care Card and/or concession card (if you have one)
- Private health insurance card (if applicable/if you want to use it)
- Adverse drug alert card (if you have one)
- Previous x-ray films, scans, ultrasounds or any other test results or reports
- Medicines you need to take while you are here
- List of medicines you are currently taking (or the boxes), including medicines you have bought without a prescription, such as herbal supplements and vitamins
- Glasses, hearing aid(s) and/or walking frame if needed.
