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• 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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Polio in Washington State
Wild polio was eliminated from the western hemisphere in 1991; the last case identified in Washington occurred in 1977. Vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP) has occurred sporadically, including a Washington case in 1993. In 1997, the ACIP recommended routine use of inactivated rather than oral polio vaccine to eliminate VAPP.

Purpose of Reporting and Surveillance

• To identify rare diseases associated with travel or immunization.
• To distinguish between wild-type polio and VAPP and to identify susceptible people exposed to either type.
• To maintain indigenous transmission of wild-type poliovirus at zero.

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 jurisdictions: immediately notifiable to DOH Communicable Disease Epidemiology: 1-877-539-4344

Last update
Oct. 2002