Other links concerning Notifiable Conditions

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• How to Report a Notifiable Condition

• Reporting Forms

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• Disease Surveillance Data

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• 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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Psittacosis in Washington State
DOH receives 0 to 4 reports of psittacosis per year. The last psittacosis-associated death occurred in 1989.

Purpose of Reporting and Surveillance

• To identify sources of transmission (e.g., a pet shop or poultry processing plant) and to prevent further transmission from such sources.
• When the source is a risk for only to a few individuals (e.g., a pet with psittacosis), to inform those individuals how they can reduce their risk of exposure.

Reporting Requirements

• Health care providers: notifiable to Local Health Jurisdiction within 3 work days
• Hospitals: notifiable to Local Health Jurisdiction within 3 work days
• Laboratories: no requirements for reporting
• Local health jurisdictions: notifiable to DOH Communicable Disease Epidemiology within 7 days of case investigation completion or summary information required within 21 days. If bioterrorism is suspected, case must be immediately reported to DOH: 1-877-539-4344

Last update
Oct. 2002