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Typhoid fever
Health care providers and clinical laboratories are required to report cases and suspect cases of Typhoid Fever to local health departments within one working day of identification. On weekends and holidays, call 503/731-4030 to reach the state health department doctor on call. Cases are subject to restriction on school and day-care attendance, food handling, and patient care while in the communicable stage of the disease, or for the duration of any diarrhea and/or vomiting. Disease reporting form for health-care practitioners (PDF 42K) Go to our disease reporting page for information on how to report and for telephone numbers of local health departments. Special procedures govern the management of persons infected with Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. If sufficient measures have been taken to prevent transmission, or the disease is no longer communicable, worksite, child-care and school restrictions can be removed by the local public health authority; school restrictions can be removed by a school nurse or health care provider; and health-care facility restrictions can be removed by the facility's infection control committee. For county health departments: Investigative guidelines (3/95) (PDF 69K) Case report form (6/03) (PDF 32K) CDC Typhoid form (3/07) (PDF 1512K) Return to top |
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