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Public Health
Seattle & King County
401 5th Ave., Suite 1300
Seattle, WA 98104
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Phone: 206-296-4600
TTY Relay: 711
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Health Care Providers
Disease reporting requirements in King County
HIPAA and reporting to Public Health
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- Letter to Health Care Providers (PDF, 24 Kb) regarding impacts on providers' ability to report persons with reportable conditions.
- Notice of Privacy Practices. This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Report a notifiable condition in King County
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AIDS/HIV (click here for specific reporting requirements)
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206-296-4645 |
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Tuberculosis (TB)
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206-744-4579 |
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Other Communicable Diseases
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206-296-4774 |
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Automated 24-hour reporting line for conditions not immediately notifiable |
206-296-4782 |
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FAX number for conditions not immediately notifiable (Please note, the fax machine is located in a secured and locked room) |
206-296-4803 |
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) must be reported on the specific Sexually Transmitted Disease Confidential Case Report form below. Completed STD Case report forms can be faxed to 206-744-5622 or mailed to:
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Harborview Medical Center - STD Program
325 9th Avenue - Box 359777
Seattle, WA 98104
For assistance with the STD Case Report Form, you may call 206-744-3954.
Download the STD Case Report form (PDF)
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Download the notifiable condition reporting form
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List of notifiable communicable diseases and related conditions
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| The following conditions are notifiable to local health authorities in Washington in accordance with WAC 246-101. Timeframes for notification are indicated in at right. Immediately notifiable conditions are indicated in bold and should be reported when suspected or confirmed. |
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I Immediately
3 Within 3 work days
M Within one month
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- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 3
- Animal bites I
- Arboviral disease (
West Nile
virus disease, dengue, Eastern & Western equine encephalitis, etc.) 3
- Botulism (foodborne, wound, and infant) I
- Brucellosis I
- Campylobacteriosis 3
- Chancroid 3
- Chlamydia trachomatis 3
- Cholera I
- Cryptosporidiosis 3
- Cyclosporiasis 3
- Diphtheria I
- Disease of suspected bioterrorism origin, including I
- Disease of suspected foodborne origin (clusters only) I
- Disease of suspected waterborne origin (clusters only)I
- Enterohemorrhagic E. coli, including E. coli O157:H7
infection I
- Giardiasis 3
- Gonorrhea 3
- Granuloma inguinale 3
- Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease (under age five years, excluding otitis media) I
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome 3
- Hemolytic-uremic syndrome I
- Hepatitis A, acute I
- Hepatitis B, acute 3 ; chronic (initial diagnosis only) M
- Hepatitis B, surface antigen positive pregnant women 3
- Hepatitis C, acute and chronic (initial diagnosis only) M
- Hepatitis, unspecified (infectious) I
- Herpes simplex, genital (initial infection only) and neonatal 3
- HIV infection 3
- Immunization reactions, severe, adverse 3
- Legionellosis 3
- Leptospirosis 3
- Listeriosis I
- Lyme disease 3
- Lymphogranuloma venereum 3
- Malaria 3
- Measles (rubeola) I
- Meningococcal disease I
- Mumps 3
- Paralytic shellfish poisoning I
- Pertussis I
- Plague I
- Poliomyelitis I
- Psittacosis 3
- Q fever 3
- Rabies I
- Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis 3
- Relapsing fever (borreliosis) I
- Rubella, including congenital I
- Salmonellosis I
- Shigellosis I
- Syphilis, including congenital 3
- Tetanus 3
- Trichinosis 3
- Tuberculosis I
- Tularemia 3
- Typhus I
- Vibriosis 3
- Yellow fever I
- Yersiniosis 3
- Unexplained critical illness or death I
- Rare diseases of public health significance I
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Conditions Notifiable to the
Washington State Department of Health:
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Asthma, occupational (suspected or confirmed) M
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1-888-66-SHARP
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Birth Defects M (autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, and alcohol related birth defects)
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360-236-3533
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Pesticide poisoning (hospitalized, fatal, or cluster)I
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1-800-222-1222
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Pesticide Poisoning (all other) 3
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1-800-222-1222
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TO REPORT A NOTIFIABLE CONDITION
IN KING COUNTY:
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Phone
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Fax
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| Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) must be reported via fax or mail on a specific STD Confidential Case Report form.* |
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206-744-5622 |
| Tuberculosis (daytime and after hours) |
206-744-4579 |
206-744-4350 |
| HIV/AIDS |
206-296-4645 |
206-296-4803 |
| All other Notifiable Communicable Diseases (daytime and after hours) |
206-296-4774 |
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| Voice mail line for reporting ONLY non-immediately notifiable conditions (24 hours a day) |
206-296-4782 |
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Reporting requirements Health Advisories & Resources, health care facilities, schools, child care programs, veterinarians, and food service establishments
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See WAC Codes for:
Please supply as much of the following information as possible. Providing this information with the case report saves time. Thank you for your assistance:
- Patient's name
- Date of birth
- Race
- Gender
- Home phone
- Work phone
- Address
- Disease
- Method of diagnosis
- Date of onset
- Date of onset
- Lab test results
- Treatment given
- Possible source
- Attending physician
- Physician's phone number
- Additional comments
- Name/title of person making report
- Phone number of person making report
- Hospital admission/ER visit date
- Discharge date
Hepatitis reports:
Include liver functions, hepatitis screen results, risk factors, pregnancy status
Laboratory reporting and specimen submission responsibilities
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Per WAC 246-101-201 - Laboratories.
Bold typeface indicates immediate report, underline indicates submission of specimen required:
- Anthrax - report immediately; submit culture
- Botulism (Foodborne, Infant and Wound) - report immediately; sample submission for botulism: foodborne - serum, stool, suspect foods; infant - stool; wound - culture, serum, debrided tissue or swab sample.
- Brucellosis - report within 2 days; submit subculture
- CD4+ (T4) lymphocyte counts <200 and/or percent <14% of total lymphocytes (age >13 years) – report monthly
- Chlamydia, - report within 2 days
- Cholera - report immediately; submit culture
- Cryptosporidiosis - report within 2 days
- Cyclosporiasis - report within 2 days; submit specimen
- Diphtheria - report within 2 days; submit culture
- Enterohemorrhagic (Shiga-like toxin producing) E. coli, incl. E. coli O157:H7 - report within 2 days; submit culture
- Gonorrhea - report within 2 days
- Hepatitis A (positive IgM) – report within 2 days
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) - report within 2 days (Western Blot , P24 antigen or viral culture tests)
- HIV infection (HIV nucleic acid tests [RNA or DNA]) – report monthly
- Listeria (blood/CSF) - report within 2 days
- Measles (rubeola) - report immediately; submit serum
- Meningococcal disease (blood/CSF/other sterile sites) - report within 2 days; submit culture or sterile site specimen
- Pertussis - report within 2 days
- Plague - report immediately; submit culture or other appropriate clinical material
- Rabies - (Human & Animal) report immediately (pathology report only; submit specimen upon request only)
- Salmonellosis - report within 2 days; submit culture
- Shigellosis - report within 2 days; submit culture
- Smallpox - report immediately
- Syphilis - submit specimen within 2 days
- Tuberculosis - report within 2 days; submit culture; report antibiotic sensitivity results to WA DOH for 1st isolates
- Tularemia - submit specimen within 2 days; submit culture or other appropriate clinical material
- Disease of Suspected Bioterrorism Origin - report immediately
- Rare diseases of public health significance - report immediately
Submit all specimens except tuberculosis (TB) cultures, botulism, and bioterrorism-related specimens to:
Public Health - Seattle & King County Laboratory
325 9th Avenue, Box 359973
Seattle, WA 98104-2499
Phone: 206-744-8950
Submit TB cultures, botulism, and bioterrorism-related specimens to:
Washington State Public Health Laboratories
Washington State Department of Health
1610 NE 150th St
Seattle, WA 98155
Phone: 206-418-5400
Report TB isolates and antibiotic sensitivities to:
Washington State Public Health
STD/TB Section
7211 Cleanwater Lane, Building 14
PO Box 47837
Olympia, WA 98504-7837
Phone: 360-236-3473
Fax: 360-236-3405
Notify Washington State Department of Health within 2 work days:
Blood Lead Levels (Elevated Levels Only)
Washington State Department of Health
Non-Infectious Conditions Epidemiology
PO BOX 47812
Olympia, WA 98504-7812
Phone: 360-236-4245
Notify Washington State Department of Health on a monthly basis:
Blood Lead Levels (Non-Elevated Levels)
Washington State Department of Health - see address and phone, above
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