Other links concerning Notifiable Conditions

• Local Health Jurisdictions

• How to 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

• WEDSS (Washington Electronic Disease Surveillance System)

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Gonorrhea in Washington State
DOH received 3,738 reports of gonorrhea infection in 2005.

Purpose of Reporting and Surveillance

• To assure the adequate treatment of infected individuals, in order to curtail infectiousness and prevent sequelae of infection (e.g., pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility).
• To identify, contact, and treat sexual contacts of reported cases, in order to break the chain of  transmission.

Reporting Requirements

• Health care providers: notifiable to Local Health Jurisdiction within 3 working days
• Hospitals: notifiable to Local Health Jurisdiction within 3 working days
• Laboratories: notifiable to Local Health Jurisdiction within 2 working days
• Local health jurisdictions: notifiable to DOH Infectious Disease and Reproductive Health within 7 calendar days of case investigation completion or summary information required within 21 calendar days

Last guideline update
May 2006