Publications

This is an implementation guide that provides details for using electronic messaging to submit COVID-19 laboratory results into the COVID-19 result repository.

The Immunisation Handbook 2020 provides clinical guidelines for health professionals on the safest and most effective use of vaccines in their practice.

This is a second round of consultation, following the publication of certain codes of practice (CoPs) issued under the Radiation Safety Act 2016, on requirements to use validated internal capability or external services that meet a certain International Organisation Standard (ISO) to ensure accuracy and uniformity of individual monitoring or leak testing outcomes.

This report considers the health system's response to the 2019 measles outbreaks, and includes a set of recommendations to improve the health system’s ability to prevent and respond to measles and other disease outbreaks.

This report examines the supply and distribution of influenza vaccines in 2020 and identifies improvements for the 2021 influenza season and beyond.

The Report on Maternity web tool provides health statistics about women giving birth, their pregnancy and childbirth experience and the characteristics of live-born babies in New Zealand. The focus is on births from 2009–2018.

The Guidelines to the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, outline the rights of compulsory mental health consumers and the obligations of mental health clinician and offering guidance on how sections of the Act can be administered.

This document provides guidance on how to think about and apply human rights, recovery approaches and supported decision-making when implementing the current Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992.

This guide is for health professionals and others who may have questions about dioxins and their health effects. The guide also includes historic exposure incidents in New Zealand.

This report presents the results of measurements of exposures to radiofrequency (RF) fields near Spark 5G cellsites in Palmerston North. The measurements were made during the day on 16 and 17 July 2020.