Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 690 - CONTROL OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS CODE
Subpart D - DETAILED PROCEDURES FOR THE CONTROL OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS
Section 690.530 - Melioidosis due to Burkholderia pseudomallei (Reportable by telephone or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Universal Citation: 77 IL Admin Code § 690.530

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024

a) Control of Case

1) No specific restrictions.

2) A search will be made for a source if international travel is not reported.

3) All melioidosis cases shall be reviewed carefully for consideration of a bioterrorist event.

b) Control of Contacts

No specific restrictions.

c) Laboratory Reporting

1) Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients who have a positive or suspect positive result on any laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting Burkholderia pseudomallei infection.

2) Laboratories shall forward clinical materials suspected to be positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei to the Department's laboratory.

3) Laboratories shall report and submit to the Department's laboratory any product, or environmental test results positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei from a case or outbreak investigation.

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