Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS
INVESTIGATING, REPORTING, PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Miscellaneous Communicable Diseases
Section 441A.535 - Giardiasis

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 441A.535

Current through September 16, 2024

1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having giardiasis to confirm the diagnosis, to identify any contacts and the source of infection, to determine if the case is employed in a sensitive occupation or is a child attending a child care facility and to determine if there is a household contact who is employed in a sensitive occupation.

2. A person having diarrhea and a fecal specimen that has tested positive for the presence of Giardia lamblia organisms, antigen or DNA and any symptomatic contact residing in the same household as such a case shall not work in a sensitive occupation until at least 48 hours after the diarrhea has resolved, unless authorized by the health authority or unless the employer of the person or contact would be prohibited from preventing the person or contact from engaging in that occupation by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., or NRS 613.330. The health authority shall order any additional exclusion, testing or treatment of any person that the health authority determines is necessary to prevent further transmission of Giardia lamblia.

3. The health authority shall instruct a person excreting Giardia lamblia of the need and proper method of hand washing after defecation.

4. An infant or child who has diarrhea and a fecal specimen that has tested positive for the presence of Giardia lamblia organisms, antigen or DNA shall not attend a child care facility unless antiparasitic therapy has been initiated and the diarrhea has resolved for more than 48 hours, unless authorized by the health authority or unless the child care facility would be prohibited from preventing the infant or child from attending by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., or NRS 651.050 to 651.120, inclusive. The health authority shall order any additional exclusion, testing or treatment of any person that the health authority determines is necessary to prevent further transmission of Giardia lamblia.

5. The health authority may prohibit an asymptomatic infant or child who is excreting Giardia lamblia cysts from attending a child care facility if the health authority considers such exclusion necessary in order to stop transmission of the Giardia lamblia within the child care facility.

6. The health authority shall instruct a child care facility where an infant or child who is excreting Giardia lamblia cysts is attending of the need and proper method of hand washing and other practices for the control of infection which prevent the transmission of giardiasis.

7. If a case having Giardia lamblia is in a medical facility, the medical facility shall provide care to the case in accordance with enteric precautions or other appropriate disease specific precautions.

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011; A by R187-18A, eff. 6/12/2019; A by R148-22A, eff. 7/26/2023

NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.180

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