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• 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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Q Fever in Washington State
DOH receives 0 to 2 reports of Q fever per year.  Occasionally infections are acquired in Washington. 

Purpose of Reporting and Surveillance

• To identify the source of infection (e.g., an outbreak at a rendering plant) and prevent further transmission from that source to others
• To educate potentially exposed persons about signs and symptoms of disease, thereby facilitating early diagnosis
• To raise the index of suspicion of a possible bioterrorism event if no natural exposure source is identified

Legal 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

• Veterinarian:  immediately notifiable to Washington State Department of Agriculture or to the local health jurisdiction

• Local health jurisdictions: notifiable to DOH Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section (CDES) within 7 days of case investigation completion or summary information required within 21 days.

Last update
May 2008