Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-343 - Gonorrhea
A. Case
control measures:
1. For the prevention of
gonorrheal ophthalmia, a physician, physician assistant, registered nurse
practitioner, or midwife attending the birth of an infant in this state shall
treat the eyes of the infant immediately after the birth with one of the
following, unless treatment is refused by the parent or guardian:
a. Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment 0.5%;
or
b. If erythromycin ophthalmic
ointment is not available, another appropriate antibiotic.
2. A local health agency shall comply with
the requirements specified in
R9-6-1103 concerning treatment and
health education for a gonorrhea case that seeks treatment from the local
health agency.
B. Contact
control measures: If an individual who may have been exposed to gonorrhea
through sexual contact with a gonorrhea case seeks treatment for symptoms of
gonorrhea from a local health agency, the local health agency shall comply with
the requirements specified in R9-6-1103 concerning treatment and health
education for the individual.
Notes
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A. Case control measures: A local health agency shall:1.2. Exclude a hepatitis A case or suspect case from working as a food handler, caring for patients or residents in a health care institution, or caring for children in or attending a child care establishment during the first 14 calendar days of illness or for seven calendar days after onset of jaundice; 2.3. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported hepatitis A case or suspect case; and 3.4. For each hepatitis A case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D).
1. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 or R9-6-203 of a hepatitis A case or suspect case, notify the Department within one working day after receiving the report and provide to the Department the information contained in the report;
B. Contact control measures: A local health agency shall:
1. Exclude a hepatitis A contact with symptoms of hepatitis A from working as a food handler during the first 14 calendar days of illness or for seven calendar days after onset of jaundice;
2. For 45 calendar days after exposure, monitor a food handler who was a contact of a hepatitis A case during the infectious period for symptoms of hepatitis A; and
3. Evaluate the level of risk of transmission from each contact's exposure to a hepatitis A case and, if indicated, provide or arrange for each contact to receive prophylaxis and immunization.