WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - SCHEDULE 3
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WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 3 – Medical tests and results--brucellosis, Q fever and leptospirosis
(Clause 6)
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Brucellosis. | A Brucella abortus agglutination or complement fixation test of 2 blood samples, the second of which was taken not earlier than 10 days and not later than 28 days after the day on which the first sample was taken. | A four-fold or greater increase in antibody titre. |
| A Brucella abortus agglutination test of a single blood sample. | An antibody titre of 640 or greater. | |
| A Brucella abortus complement fixation test of a single blood sample, where the sample was taken from a person with symptoms consistent with chronic brucellosis. | An antibody titre of 640 or greater. | |
| A laboratory culture of any specimen. | The isolation of Brucella abortus. | |
| Q fever. | A Q fever complement fixation test of 2 blood samples, the second of which was taken not earlier than 10 days and not later than 28 days after the day on which the first sample was taken. | A four-fold or greater increase in antibody titre. |
| A fluorescence test of a single blood sample. | The demonstration of Q fever specific IgM antibodies. | |
| A laboratory culture of any specimen. | The isolation of Coxiella burneti. | |
| Leptospirosis. | The comparison of 2 blood samples (the second of which was taken not earlier than 10 days and not later than 60 days after the day on which the first sample was taken) by any technical method that:(a) is the same as a technical method used by the Leptospiral Reference Laboratory at the Laboratory of Microbiology and Pathology, Department of Health, Brisbane, for the purpose of comparing blood samples to establish whether or not a person has contracted leptospirosis, and(b) involves the use of a panel of leptospiral antigens or serovars that is recommended by the Leptospiral Reference Laboratory for use in making such a comparison. | A four-fold or greater increase in antibody titre. |
| The analysis of a single specimen of blood serum by any technical method that:(a) is the same as a technical method used by the Leptospiral Reference Laboratory at the Laboratory of Microbiology and Pathology, Department of Health, Brisbane, for the purpose of analysing a single specimen of blood serum to establish whether or not a person has contracted leptospirosis, and(b) involves the use of a panel of leptospiral antigens or serovars that is recommended by that Leptospiral Reference Laboratory for use in carrying out such an analysis. | Agglutination of a leptospiral antigen at a dilution of 1 in 400 or greater. | |
| A laboratory culture of a leptospire from blood or urine. | The isolation of an invasive leptospire. |