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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Reporting of suspected or confirmed communicable diseases is mandated under the New York State Sanitary Code (10NYCRR 2.10a). The primary responsibility for reporting rests with the physician; moreover, laboratories, school nurses, day care center directors, nursing homes/hospitals and state institutions or other locations providing health services are also required to report the diseases listed below. Diseases are reported using the NYS Department of Health form DOH389. Reporting can be done by calling Hamilton County Public Health Nursing Service at (518) 648-6497, however, the DOH389 form must be submitted as soon as possible. |
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Amebiasis Animal bites for which rabies prophylaxis is given Anthrax Arboviral Infection Babesiosis Botulism Brucellosis Campylobacteriosis Chancroid Chlamydia trachomatis infection Cholera Cryptosporidiosis Cyclosporiasis Diptheria E. coli 0157:H7 infection Ehrlichiosis Encephalitis Foodborne illness Giardiasis Glanders Gonococcal infection Haemophilus influenzae (invasive disease) Hantavirus disease Hemolytic uremic syndrome Hepatitis A Hepatitis A in a food handler Hepatitis B, C (specify acute or chronic) Pregnant hepatitis B carrier Hospital associated infections (as defined in section 2.2 10NYCRR) Legionellosis Listeriosis Lyme disease Lymphogranuloma venereum Malaria Measles Melioidosis Meningitis Aseptic or viral Haemophilus Meningococcal Other (specify type) |
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Meningococcemia Monkeypox Mumps Pertussis Plague Poliomyelitis Psittacosis Q Fever Rabies Rocky Mountain spotted fever Rubella (including congenital rubella syndrome) Salmonellosis Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Shigatoxin-producing infection Shigellosis Smallpox Staphylococcus aureus (due to strains showing reduced susceptibility or resistance to vancomycin) Staphylococcal enterotoxin B poisoning Streptococcal infection (invasive disease) Group A beta-hemolytic strep Group B strep Streptococcus pneumoniae Syphillis, specify stage Tetanus Toxic shock syndrome Trichinosis Tuberculosis current disease (specify site) Tularemia Typhoid Vibriosis Vaccinia disease Viral hemorrhagic fever Yellow Fever Yersiniosis |