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HIV Infections and AIDS in
Washington State
DOH receives 600 to
800 reports of HIV and AIDS per year, for an average rate of
12.0/100,000 persons. An average of 125 deaths are reported to
be associated with HIV and AIDS each year.
Purpose of Reporting and
Surveillance
- To identify those who are infected.
- To offer HIV prevention, care, and partner notification
services to those found to be infected.
- To generate epidemiologic data to be used to plan,
target, evaluate, and allocate resources for HIV prevention
and care services.
Reporting Requirements
- Health care providers: notifiable within 3 working days
- Hospitals: notifiable within 3 working days
- Laboratories:
- For HIV, positive Western blot assays, p24 antigen or
viral culture tests are notifiable within 2 workdays. All
results, whether they are positive or not detectable, on HIV
nucleic acid tests (RNA or DNA) are notifiable on a monthly
basis
- All CD4+ absolute counts and CD4+ as a percentage of
total t-lymphocytes are notifiable on a monthly basis.
Local health jurisdictions: notifiable within 7 calendar days of
case investigation completion or summary information
required within 21 calendar days.
Last
guideline update
Dec. 2008 |
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