Disease Control Division

Disease Control Overview

• 35 staff including typists, social services specialists [disease intervention], nurses, public health educators, and others trained in epidemiology, public health laboratory practice, toxicology, medical technology and laboratory technology.
  
  
• Coordination of disease control activities with various health department divisions.

Disease Control, Epidemiology and Surveillance

• Responsible for coordination of all disease reporting for
  out-Wayne County areas.
• Individual disease investigations as mandated by law.
• Analysis of trends and outbreaks.
• Information provided to physicians, hospitals and the community.

Biologics/Vaccines

• Responsible for ordering and distribution of biologics and vaccines to clinics, hospitals and physicians.
• Provides immune globulin for exposures to diseases such as hepatitis and measles.
• Provides rabies vaccine for exposure to possible rabid animals.
• Coordinates influenza vaccine campaigns.

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• Provides information on biological agents.
• Provides surveillance of communicable and unusual disease outbreaks.
• Communicates with other agencies, hospitals, infectious disease physicians and the community.
• Coordinates activities with other State, Federal and Local agencies for response.

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School Immunization Program

• Monitors 70,000 children’s immunization records in more than 925 schools, and child care programs to ensure childhood immunization requirements.
• Enforcement through exclusion of children from school who are under-immunized.
• Provides information on communicable diseases.

Sexually Transmitted Disease Control

• Provides surveillance and control of sexually transmitted diseases including syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.
• Provides case and contact follow-up to ensure that clients are adequately treated.
• Provides referrals to the Social Hygiene Clinic.
• Provides information to the community.

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Tuberculosis Disease Control

• Responsible for surveillance and control of tuberculosis disease in out-Wayne County.
• Provides follow-up of cases and contacts for appropriate skin testing and treatment.
• Provides Direct Observed Therapy.
• Provides for outbreak investigations.
• Provides information to the community.

AIDS/HIV Prevention and Control

• Provides FREE anonymous or confidential AIDS/HIV counseling and testing.
• Provides inservices, educational programs to schools, groups and other agencies.
• Loans audio visual materials on a first come first serve basis.
• Provides information to the community.

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