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Letters, Memos and HealthCare Alerts to Healthcare Providers


09/02/10 Public Health Laboratory Order Form

09/02/10 GCHD Pertussis Speciman Collection Procedure

09/02/10 GCHD Pertussis Conference Call Summary

09/01/10 Third Grant County Infant With Pertussis

08/31/10 Health Officer Issues Enhanced Alert for Labor and Delivery Centers/Mother-Baby Units in Grant County

08/27/10 - Pertussis Alert

05/18/10 - Expiration of emergency rule that required hospitals and health care providers to report lab confirmed influenza hospitalizations and deaths to public health.

04/09/2010 - Ephrata drinking water health advisory

 

2009 Archived Letters and Memos to Healthcare Providers

2008 Archived Letters and Memos to Healthcare Providers

2007 Archived Letters and Memos to Healthcare Providers

 


Tuberculosis Information

Selection and Monitoring of LTBI Treatment Candidates - CDC Guidance March 2010

Grant County Health District 2009 TB Policy

Powerpoint Presentation for Grant County Latent TB Data


Bloodborne Pathogens

Healthcare Professionals are at risk for occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV from needle sticks and other sharp instruments contaminated with infected blood. The following link provides training and other valuable information for the Healthcare Professional..

Hepatitis

This site provides interactive, case-based modules related to the clinical care of persons with viral hepatitis.

Immunizations for Healthcare workers

Because of contact with patients or infective material from patients, many health-care workers are at risk for exposure to and possible transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases. Maintenance of immunity is therefore an essential part of prevention and infection control programs for HCWs. Please click here for more information.

Local Notifiable Conditions Contact Information

To contact or provide a report to the Grant County Health District in the event of a suspected public health event, such as:

  • communicable disease outbreaks
  • environmental health risks
  • natural disasters
  • other events that threaten the health of people

Call 509-754-6060 or 509-766-7960. After hours call 509-762-1160.
IN AN EMERGENCY, CALL 9-1-1

Healthcare providers, labs, hospitals and veterinarians, please call 509-398-2083 after hours for required reporting of notifiable conditions. You can use this link to access Department of Health's website on notifiable conditions. You can click here to see the legal requirements for reporting a notifiable condition.

Animal Bites: To report an animal bite, fill out an Animal Bite Incident Report and fax immediately to 509-754-0941. For more information on rabies, go to the Washington Department of Health web site.

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West Nile Virus

New Clinical Guidelines and Notifiable Condition information for West Nile Virus can be found here

HIV Information

Referrals regarding HIV/AIDS infected or at risk information link.



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