Other links concerning Notifiable Conditions

• Local Health Jurisdictions

• Report a Notifiable Condition

• Reporting Forms

• Guidelines

• Disease Surveillance Data

• Glossary

• Legal Requirements

• EpiTrends

• Notifiable Conditions & the Health Care Provider (PDF, 645KB)

• Notifiable Conditions & the Hospital  (PDF, 529KB)

• Notifiable Conditions & the Laboratory  (PDF, 314KB)

• Notifiable Conditions & the Local Health Jurisdiction  (PDF, 117KB)

• Notifiable Conditions & the Veterinarian (PDF, 129KB)

• Communicable Disease Epidemiology

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Unexplained Illnesses or Death in Washington State
Requirements for the reporting of unexplained critical illness or death were instituted in December of 2000.  Since then, DOH has received 0» 6 reports annually.  The most common clinical syndromes reported are central nervous system (meningitis, encephalitis), respiratory, and sepsis/multiorgan failure.

It is important that clinicians report unusual disease occurrences or deaths to their local health jurisdictions even before they have completed a laboratory investigation.

Purpose of Reporting and Surveillance

• To identify emerging pathogens in Washington State
• To raise the index of suspicion of a possible bioterrorism event

Legal Reporting Requirements

• Health care providers: immediately notifiable to Local Health Jurisdiction
• Hospitals: immediately notifiable to Local Health Jurisdiction
• Laboratories: no requirements for reporting
• Local health jursidictions: immediately notifiable to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section (CDES)

   

Last update
June 2008