Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-397 - Tularemia
Case control measures:
1. A diagnosing health care provider or an
administrator of a health care institution, either personally or through a
representative, shall isolate a pneumonic tularemia case until 72 hours of
antibiotic therapy have been completed with favorable clinical
response.
2. A local health agency
shall:
a. Upon receiving a report under
R9-6-202 of a tularemia case or suspect case, notify the Department within 24
hours after receiving the report and provide to the Department the information
contained in the report;
b. Conduct
an epidemiologic investigation of each reported tularemia case or suspect
case;
c. For each tularemia case,
submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required
under
R9-6-206(D);
and
d. In consultation with the
Department, ensure that an isolate or a specimen, as available, from each
tularemia case or suspect case is submitted to the Arizona State
Laboratory.
Notes
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Case control measures: A local health agency shall:
1. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 of a yersiniosis 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;
a. 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 until: a.ii. A stool specimen negative for enteropathogenic Yersinia is obtained from the case or suspect case, or
i. Diarrhea has resolved,
iii. The local health agency has determined that the case or suspect case is unlikely to infect other individuals; and
b. Diarrhea has resolved;
b. Using an aquatic venue for two weeks after diarrhea has resolved;
2. Upon receiving a report under R9-6-202 of a yersiniosis 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;
3. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported yersiniosis case or suspect case;
4. For each yersiniosis case, submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required under R9-6-206(D); and
5. Ensure that an isolate or a specimen, as available, from each yersiniosis case is submitted to the Arizona State Laboratory.