Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICE - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND INFESTATIONS
Article 3 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND INFESTATIONS
Section R9-6-364 - Plague
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 9-6-364
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. 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 and institute droplet precautions for a
pneumonic plague case or suspect case until 72 hours of antibiotic therapy have
been completed with favorable clinical response.
2. An individual handling the body of a
deceased plague case shall use droplet precautions.
3. A local health agency shall:
a. Upon receiving a report under
R9-6-202
of a plague 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 plague case or suspect
case;
c. For each plague case,
submit to the Department, as specified in Table 2.4, the information required
under
R9-6-206(D);
and
d. Ensure that an isolate or a
specimen, as available, from each plague case or suspect case is submitted to
the Arizona State Laboratory.
B. Contact control measures: A local health agency shall provide follow-up to pneumonic plague contacts for seven calendar days after last exposure to a pneumonic plague case.
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