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Mailing Address:
PO Box 939
La Marque, TX 77568
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Epidemiology
Services
24/7 Disease
Reporting Protocol |
Phone:
409-938-2322
or 800-705-8868
Fax: 409-938-2399
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Several Texas laws (Health & Safety Code, Chapters 81, 84, and 87) require
specific information regarding notifiable conditions be provided to the Texas
Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Health care providers, hospitals,
laboratories, schools, and others are required to report patients who are
suspected of having a notifiable condition (Chapter 97, Title 25, Texas
Administrative Code). General Instructions:
WHAT:
The table below lists notifiable conditions in Texas. In
addition to these conditions, any outbreaks,
exotic diseases, and unusual group expressions of disease must be
reported. All diseases shall be reported by name, age, sex, race/ethnicity, DOB,
address, telephone number, disease, date of onset, method of diagnosis, and
name, address, and telephone number of physician.
WHEN:
The table below lists when to report each condition. Cases or suspected cases of
illness considered to be public health
emergencies, outbreaks, exotic diseases, and unusual group expressions
of disease must be reported to the Galveston County Health District (GCHD) or DSHS
immediately. Other diseases for which there must be a quick public health response must be reported
within one working day. All other conditions must be reported to the GCHD or DSHS within one week.
HOW:Please call, fax or mail the information based on the condition reporting timeframe:
Immediate and one-day disease reports,
outbreaks, suspected bioterrorism threats, or other public health emergencies:
During working hours (Mon-Fri 8:00am – 5:00pm) - Contact GCHD Epidemiology
Services at 409-938-2322 (Dana Wiltz-Beckham, DVM) or
409-938-2208 (Sandra Cuellar).
After hours reporting -
Call 409-392-0078 or 409-392-0040.
**For reporting entities within the state of Texas that do not have access to
call long distance, please call GCHD answering service 1-888-241-0442 or
Department of State Health Services (DSHS) disease reporting number at
1-800-705-8868.These
reports should be directed to GCHD
Epidemiology Services immediately.
Conditions to be reported within 1 week – Reports may be faxed or mailed:
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Fax reports to: GCHD Epidemiology Services at 409-938-2399
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Mail reports to:
Galveston County Health District -
Epidemiology Services |
P.O. Box 939
La Marque, TX 77568
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*Report AIDS, Chancroid, Chlamydia trachomatis infection, gonorrhea, HIV infection, and
syphilis to: |
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Galveston County Health District - STD Services
P.O. Box 838
Galveston, TX 77553 |
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**Forms for these reports are available at this address or telephone 409-765-2528 |
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A – L |
When to Report |
L – Y |
When to Report |
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AIDS* |
Within 1 week |
Leishmaniasis |
Within 1 week |
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Amebiasis |
Within 1 week |
Listeriosis |
Within 1 week |
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Anthrax |
Call Immediately |
Lyme disease |
Within 1 week |
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Arbovirus infection |
Within 1 week |
Malaria |
Within 1 week |
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Asbestosis |
Within 1 week |
Measles (rubeola) |
Call Immediately |
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Botulism, foodborne |
Call Immediately |
Meningitis (specify etiology) |
Within 1 week |
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Botulism, infant, wound, and other |
Within 1 week |
Meningococcal infection,
invasive |
Call Immediately |
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Brucellosis |
Within 1 work day |
Mumps |
Within 1 week |
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Campylobacteriosis |
Within 1 week |
Pertussis |
Within 1 work day |
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Cancer |
Within 1 week |
Pesticide poisoning, acute occupational |
Within 1 week |
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Chancroid* |
Within 1 week |
Plague |
Call Immediately |
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Chickenpox (varicella) |
Within 1 week |
Poliomyelitis, acute paralytic |
Call Immediately |
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Chlamydia trachomatis
infection* |
Within 1 week |
Q Fever |
Within 1 work day |
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Contaminated sharps injury |
Within 1 month |
Rabies, human |
Call Immediately |
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Controlled substance overdose |
Call immediately |
Relapsing fever |
Within 1 week |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CDJ) |
Within 1 week |
Rubella (including congenital) |
Within 1 work day |
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Cryptosporidiosis |
Within 1 week |
Salmonellosis, including typhoid fever |
Within 1 week |
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Cyclosporiasis |
Within 1 week |
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) |
Call Immediately |
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Cysticercosis |
Within 1 week |
Shigellosis |
Within 1 week |
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Dengue |
Within 1 week |
Silicosis |
Within 1 week |
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Diptheria |
Call Immediately |
Smallpox |
Call Immediately |
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Drowning/near drowning |
Within 10 work days |
Spinal cord injury |
Within 10 work days |
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Ehrlichiosis |
Within 1 week |
Spotted fever group rickettsioses |
Within 1 week |
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Encephalitis (specify etiology) |
Within 1 week |
Staph. aureus,
vancomycin-resistant (VISA & VRSA) |
Call immediately |
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Escherichia coli,
enterohemorrhagic |
Within 1 week |
Streptococcal disease (group A, B, S. pneumo),
invasive |
Within 1 week |
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Gonorrhea* |
Within 1 week |
Syphilis* |
Within 1 week |
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Haemophilus influenzae
type b infection, invasive |
Call Immediately |
Taenia solium and
undifferentiated Taenia infection |
Within 1 week |
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Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) |
Within 1 week |
Tetanus |
Within 1 week |
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Hantavirus infection |
Within 1 week |
Traumatic brain injury |
Within 10 work days |
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) |
Within 1 week |
Trichinosis |
Within 1 week |
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Hepatitis A (acute) |
Within 1 work day |
Tuberculosis (includes
all M. tuberculosis complex)
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Within 1 work day |
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Hepatitis B, C, D, E, and unspecified (acute) |
Within 1 week |
Tularemia |
Call immediately |
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Hepatitis B identified prenatally or at delivery
(acute/chronic) |
Within 1 work day |
Typhus |
Within 1 week |
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Hepatitis B, perinatal (HBsAG+ <24 months old) |
Within 1 work day |
Vibrio infection
(including Cholera) |
Within 1 work day |
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HIV infection* |
Within 1 week |
Viral hemorrhagic fever, including Ebola |
Call Immediately |
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Influenza-associated pediatric mortality |
Within 1 work day |
West Nile Fever |
Within 1 week |
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Lead, child blood, any level & adult any level |
Call immediately |
Yellow fever |
Call Immediately |
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Legionellosis |
Within 1 week |
Yersiniosis |
Within 1 week |
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