Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-349 - Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D
A.
Case control measures:
1. A local health
agency shall:
a. Evaluate a health care
provider identified as the source of hepatitis B virus transmission in the work
place and, if indicated, ensure reassignment of the health care provider to a
position where the occupational risk of transmission is eliminated;
b. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of
each reported case or suspect case of hepatitis B or hepatitis B co-infected
with hepatitis D; and
c. For each
acute case of hepatitis B or hepatitis B co-infected with hepatitis D or case
of perinatal hepatitis B, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4,
the information required under
R9-6-206(D).
2. The operator of a blood bank,
blood center, or plasma center shall notify a donor of a test result with
significant evidence suggestive of hepatitis B, as required under A.R.S. §
32-1483
and 21 CFR 630.6.
B.
Contact control measures: A local health agency shall:
1. Refer each non-immune hepatitis B contact
to a health care provider for prophylaxis and initiation of the hepatitis B
vaccine series, and
2. Provide
health education related to the progression of hepatitis B disease and the
prevention of transmission of hepatitis B infection to each non-immune
hepatitis B contact.
Notes
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A. Case control measures: A local health agency shall: 1.2. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported legionellosis case or suspect case; and 2.3. For each legionellosis 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 of a legionellosis 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. Environmental control measures: The owner of a water, cooling, or ventilation system or equipment that is determined by the Department or a local health agency to be associated with a case of Legionella infection shall comply with the environmental control measures recommended by the Department or local health agency to prevent the exposure of other individuals.