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Disease Control Overview
35 staff including typists, social services specialists [disease intervention], nurses, public health educators, and others trained in epidemiology, public health laboratory practice, toxicology, medical technology and laboratory technology.
Coordination of disease control activities with various health department divisions.
Disease Control, Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Responsible for coordination of all disease reporting for out-Wayne County areas.
- Individual disease investigations as mandated by law.
- Analysis of trends and outbreaks.
- Information provided to physicians, hospitals and the community.
Biologics/Vaccines
- Responsible for ordering and distribution of biologics and vaccines to clinics, hospitals and physicians.
- Provides immune globulin for exposures to diseases such as hepatitis and measles.
- Provides rabies vaccine for exposure to possible rabid animals.
- Coordinates influenza vaccine campaigns.
School Immunization Program
- Monitors 70,000 children's immunization records in more than 925 schools, and child care programs to ensure childhood immunization requirements.
- Enforcement through exclusion of children from school who are under-immunized.
- Provides information on communicable diseases.
Sexually Transmitted Disease Control
- Provides surveillance and control of sexually transmitted diseases including syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.
- Provides case and contact follow-up to ensure that clients are adequately treated.
- Provides referrals to the Social Hygiene Clinic.
- Provides information to the community.
Tuberculosis Disease Control
- Responsible for surveillance and control of tuberculosis disease in out-Wayne County.
- Provides follow-up of cases and contacts for appropriate skin testing and treatment.
- Provides Direct Observed Therapy.
- Provides for outbreak investigations.
- Provides information to the community.
AIDS/HIV Prevention and Control
- Provides FREE anonymous or confidential AIDS/HIV counseling and testing.
- Provides inservices, educational programs to schools, groups and other agencies.
- Loans audio visual materials on a first come first serve basis.
- Provides information to the community.
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