The NHMRC is keen to ensure that the Australian community has the best opportunity to participate in developing NHMRC reports. This page lists the closed public consultations.
Public Consultation, draft guidelines; Staying Healthy in Child Care: Preventing infectious diseases in child care- 4th Edition. The draft guidelines aim to assist child care workers, parents and health professionals in controlling the spread of childhood diseases. It describes simple but effective methods for minimising the spread of infections for many common childhood diseases which are encountered in child care and the home.
Submissions closed on 16 September 2005.
Staying healthy in child care - preventing infectious diseases in child care - 4th Edition
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is Australia 's peak body for the provision of advice to improve individual and population health, consideration of ethical issues in health and health research, and fostering medical research in the interest of improving health standards for all Australians.
Through a revision process the NHMRC has developed Staying Healthy in Child Care: Preventing infectious diseases in child care - 4th Edition.
The acceptance by NHMRC of the revised document will coincide with the rescinding of the existing 3rd Edition.
You are invited to make a submission to the NHMRC about the draft document.
How to make your submission
Please make your submission in writing or on audiotape, and include your name and address or phone number at which we can contact you.
Please send your submission to:
Project Officer, Staying Healthy in Child Care
Health Advisory Section (MDP 24)
National Health and Medical Research Council
GPO Box 9848
CANBERRA ACT 2601
E-mail: hac.nhmrc@nhmrc.gov.au
Tel: (02) 6289 9104 Fax: (02) 6289 9197
Closing date
Submissions closed on 16 September 2005.
Draft document
Further information
For further information, please contact the Project Officer (contact details above).
As well as this invitation for submissions, the NHMRC will write to individuals and organisations with a known interest in the field.
If you would like your submission to be treated as confidential, please indicate this clearly (for example, by marking your written submission 'CONFIDENTIAL').
Submissions may be subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.