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 690.725 - Tularemia (Reportable by telephone as soon as possible, within 24 hours, unless suspect bioterrorist event or part of an outbreak, then reportable immediately (within three hours))
Universal Citation: 77 IL Admin Code ยง 690.725
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Control of Case
No specific restrictions.
b) Control of Contacts
No specific restrictions.
c) Laboratory Reporting
1) Laboratories shall report to the local
health authority patients from whom Francisella tularensis has been cultured
and patients who have a positive result on any other laboratory test indicative
of and specific for detecting Francisella tularensis infection.
2) Laboratories shall forward clinical
materials positive for Francisella tularensis to the Department's
laboratory.
3) Laboratories shall
report and submit to the Department's laboratory any Francisella tularensis
environmental or animal samples from an outbreak investigation.
4) Laboratories shall cooperate with local
health authorities to identify any exposed laboratory worker.
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