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Follow the links below to find information about health warnings, including warnings about diseases, medicines, drugs, and products that might have adverse health consequences.
Updated April 2009
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Media release. Increased public health response in Victoria
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC) and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jim Bishop, have advised that it is appropriate to raise the pandemic response to a modified SUSTAIN response for Victoria while keeping the national level at CONTAIN for the other states and territories.
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Jun 2009
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Media release. Alert level raised to 'CONTAIN'
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jim Bishop, has advised that it is appropriate to raise Australia's pandemic alert level to CONTAIN.
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May 2009
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Tobacco - Health warnings
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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From 1 March 2006, tobacco products imported and manufactured for retail in Australia are to be printed with the new health warnings. These warnings provide smokers with information on an expanded range of health effects. In the case of cigarette packs, health warnings now occupy 30% of the front and 90% of the back of pack, with a graphic appearing on both front and back.
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Mar 2009
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UV alert
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The Cancer Council Australia
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The SunSmart UV Alert is a tool you can use to protect yourself from UV radiation. It tells you the time during the day that you need to be SunSmart.
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Mar 2009
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Smoking and tobacco
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The Cancer Council Australia
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Here you will find information on the effects of smoking, and details of The Cancer Council's work to reduce the harm caused by tobacco.
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Mar 2009
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Safety alerts and advisory statements
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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Links to safety alerts and advisory statements about medicines and medical devices in Australia.
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Dec 2008
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Alerts and advisories: Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC lines)
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration is urgently investigating reports from Queensland Health of adverse events associated with the use of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) lines in Queensland. The reports follow an initial investigation of an incident involving a 5 year old child at Townsville Hospital.
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Nov 2008
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Media release. Murray Valley Encephalitis
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Department of Health in South Australia today confirmed the presence of the mosquito-borne Murray Valley Encephalitis (MVE) in the Riverland.
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May 2008
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Zolpidem ("Stilnox") - updated information - February 2008
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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As a response to these observed adverse effects, significant changes have been made to the Product Information (PI) and Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) documents for products containing zolpidem.
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Feb 2008
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Health alert: recall of Lida Daidaihua Slimming Capsules
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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A South Australian company, Mekong Grocery, upon instructions from Australia's medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is undertaking a consumer level recall of the product Lida Daidaihua Slimming Capsules as it contains an undeclared pharmaceutical ingredient.
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Oct 2007
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Lida Daidaihua Slimming Capsules - consumer alert
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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Consumers who have purchased this product are warned not to use it and to consult a medical practitioner if they have taken it and have concerns about their health.
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Oct 2007
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SunSmart UV Alert
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Cancer Council Victoria
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The SunSmart UV Alert is reported daily in newspaper weather forecasts across Australia. The alert is used to raise public awareness of the risk of exposure to UV radiation and to encourage people to adopt appropriate sun protection measures.
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Apr 2007
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High-risk medication alert: intravenous potassium chloride
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Australian Prescriber
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The Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care has issued a high-risk medication alert for intravenous potassium chloride. This alert contains recommendations for prescribing, storage, preparation and administration of intravenous potassium chloride.
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Feb 2005
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Review of SV40 contamination of polio vaccine - alerts & advisories
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration commissioned an external expert in the field of infectious disease to review the published literature concerning the human health risk of vaccines contaminated with SV40 in response to media claims that some batches produced in Australia from 1957 to 1963 were contaminated.
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Dec 2004
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