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 R9-6-397 - Yersiniosis (Enteropathogenic Yersinia)

Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 9-6-397

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 52, December 27, 2024

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;

2. Exclude a yersiniosis case or suspect case with diarrhea from:

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:
i. Diarrhea has resolved,

ii. A stool specimen negative for enteropathogenic Yersinia is obtained from the case or suspect case, or

iii. The local health agency has determined that the case or suspect case is unlikely to infect other individuals; and

b. Using an aquatic venue for two weeks after diarrhea has resolved;

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.

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