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The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Infectious diseases service
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Opens Mon, 11 Dec 9am
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Contact
Phone
03 9342 7212Fax
03 9342 7802
Website
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
(https://www.thermh.org.au/)
Location
300 GRATTAN STREET PARKVILLE VIC 3052
Opening times
Monday
9am–5pm
Tuesday
9am–5pm
Wednesday
9am–5pm
Thursday
9am–5pm
Friday
9am–5pm
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Facilities
Paid parking
Cafeteria
Appointments
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Billing
Bulk billing only
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Additional information
Available by appointment only.
The Victorian Infectious Diseases Service (VIDS) provides inpatient and outpatient services for the management of patients with infectious diseases. This includes the management of travel-related and tropical diseases, HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis and hospital-acquired infections. VIDS has a strong links with public health, a focus on evidence-based medicine, optimisation of antibiotic use, and clinical research. The team of consultant infectious disease physicians includes experts in virology, fungal infections, infections in immunologic ally compromised patients, viral hepatitis, HIV infection, tuberculosis, travel health, antibiotic resistant organisms, hospital epidemiology and parasitology, and refugee health.
Ward 9 East is a purpose built facility for infectious diseases inpatient care. It has 20 beds with 14 single rooms. All rooms have monitored negative pressure ventilation systems providing optimal safety for patients and staff when patients with respiratory and other airborne infectious diseases require isolation. The ward also includes a unit with special facilities for treating patients with exotic diseases including the statewide service for Viral Haemorrhagic Fever.
Aims:
To provide
-- Excellence in the care and management of patients with infectious diseases
-- A focus for advice and management of patients with exotic diseases and travel health needs
-- A web of interacting services for all aspects of research, teaching and practice in infectious diseases
VIDS Clinics:
-- Twice weekly outpatient clinics that provide management of patients with HIV infection, and sexually transmitted diseases, and health counselling before and after HIV testing
-- Treatment and investigation of viral hepatitis in collaborative clinics with infectious disease physicians and hepatologists
-- Travel health, and refugee health clinics
-- Management of Tuberculosis
-- General infectious diseases and Outpatient management of hospital-acquired infections.
At least one outpatient clinic is held each working day
The Victorian Infectious Diseases Service (VIDS) provides inpatient and outpatient services for the management of patients with infectious diseases. This includes the management of travel-related and tropical diseases, HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis and hospital-acquired infections. VIDS has a strong links with public health, a focus on evidence-based medicine, optimisation of antibiotic use, and clinical research. The team of consultant infectious disease physicians includes experts in virology, fungal infections, infections in immunologic ally compromised patients, viral hepatitis, HIV infection, tuberculosis, travel health, antibiotic resistant organisms, hospital epidemiology and parasitology, and refugee health.
Ward 9 East is a purpose built facility for infectious diseases inpatient care. It has 20 beds with 14 single rooms. All rooms have monitored negative pressure ventilation systems providing optimal safety for patients and staff when patients with respiratory and other airborne infectious diseases require isolation. The ward also includes a unit with special facilities for treating patients with exotic diseases including the statewide service for Viral Haemorrhagic Fever.
Aims:
To provide
-- Excellence in the care and management of patients with infectious diseases
-- A focus for advice and management of patients with exotic diseases and travel health needs
-- A web of interacting services for all aspects of research, teaching and practice in infectious diseases
VIDS Clinics:
-- Twice weekly outpatient clinics that provide management of patients with HIV infection, and sexually transmitted diseases, and health counselling before and after HIV testing
-- Treatment and investigation of viral hepatitis in collaborative clinics with infectious disease physicians and hepatologists
-- Travel health, and refugee health clinics
-- Management of Tuberculosis
-- General infectious diseases and Outpatient management of hospital-acquired infections.
At least one outpatient clinic is held each working day
Other services at this location
- Psychiatry
- Hospitals
- Orthopaedic service
- Clinical immunology and allergy
- Physical activity program
- Pulmonary medicine service
- General counselling
- Speech pathology
- Community health services
- Friendly visiting service
- Sleep medicine
- Gastroenterology and hepatology
- Community health services
- Indigenous health
- Rheumatology
- Psychology
- Aged care information and referral
- Haematology
- Aged care assessment
- Pain management
- Mental health information and referral
- Sexual health clinic
- Psychology
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Physical and rehabilitation medicine
- General surgery
- Nephrology
- Endocrinology service
- Emergency department service
- Neurology
- Health information and referral
- Dermatology
- Sexual health clinic
- Nursing service
- Vascular surgery service
- Palliative medicine
- Clinical oncology
- Radiology service
- Clinical pathology
- Nuclear medicine
- Cardiology
* Details may vary. Please call the service before visiting to double check details.
* Details may vary. Please call the service before visiting to double check details.