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• How to Report a Notifiable Condition

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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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Cholera in Washington State
During 1990–2007, only three reports of toxigenic V. cholerae infection have been received at DOH, two in 1992, one in 2002. These cases were associated with travel outside the United States.

Cases are most often associated with travel as cholera is not endemic to Washington.

Purpose of Reporting and Surveillance

• To identify persons infected with Vibrio cholerae and to prevent transmission from such individuals.
• To identify sources of transmission (e.g., contaminated water or a contaminated lot of shellfish) and to prevent further transmission from such sources.

Legal Reporting Requirements

• Health care providers: immediately notifiable to local health jurisdiction.

• Hospitals: immediately notifiable to local health jurisdiction.

• Laboratories: immediately notifiable to local health jurisdiction, specimen submission required.

• Local health jurisdictions: immediately notifiable to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section (CDES): 1-877-539-4344.

Last update
Jan. 2008