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 690.600 - Rabies, Human (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Universal Citation: 77 IL Admin Code § 690.600

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

a) Control of Case

Cases of suspect human rabies should be admitted to a health care facility.

b) Control of Contacts

Contacts who have open wound or mucous membrane exposure to the case's saliva or central nervous system fluid or tissue should receive rabies post-exposure prophylaxis from a hospital emergency department or a health care provider.

c) Laboratory Reporting

1) Laboratories shall immediately report to the local health authority by telephone all patients for whom rabies testing has been requested.

2) The Department's laboratory shall be contacted for instructions prior to the shipment of specimens.

3) Laboratories shall report to the local health authority by telephone patients who have a positive result on any laboratory test indicative of or specific for detecting acute rabies infection.

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