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| Notifiable Conditions to the Pacific County Health Department | |
| Contact: Leah Heintz (360)875-9343 or Cory McKeown (360)642-9349. If not available give report to any Public Health Nurse. | |
| If no one is available at the local health jurisdiction and a condition is Immediately Notifiable, contact (360) 875-9397 and ask for Health Department personnel on call. | |
| Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) - Including AIDS in persons previously reported with HIV infection | Within 3 work days |
| Animal Bites | Immediately |
| Botulism (foodborne, wound, and infant) | Immediately |
| Brucellosis | Immediately |
| Campylobacteriosis | Within 3 work days |
| Chancroid | Within 3 work days |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | Within 3 work days |
| Cholera | Immediately |
| Cryptosporidiosis | Within 3 work days |
| Cyclosporiasis | Within 3 work days |
| Diphtheria | Immediately |
| Disease of Suspected Bioterrorism Origin (Including Anthrax and Small Pox) | Immediately |
| Disease of Suspected Foodborne Origin (clusters only) | Immediately |
| Disease of Suspected Waterborne Origin (clusters only) | Immediately |
| Encephalitis, viral | Within 3 work days |
| Enterohemorrhagic E. coli including E. coli 0157:H7 infection | Immediately |
| Giardiasis | Within 3 work days |
| Gonorrhea | Within 3 work days |
| Granuloma inguinale | Within 3 work days |
| Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease (under age five, excluding otitis media) | Immdiately |
| Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome | Within 3 work days |
| Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome | Immediately |
| Hepatitis A - acute | Immediately |
| Hepatitis B - accute | Within 3 work days |
| Hepatitis B - chronic (initial diagnosis only) | Within one month |
| Hepatitis B - surface antigen + pregnant women | Within 3 work days |
| Hepatitis C - acute and chronic (initial diagnosis only) | Within one month |
| Hepatitis, unspecified (infectious) | Immediately |
| Herpes simplex, genital and neonatal (initial infection only) | Within 3 work days |
| HIV Infection | Within 3 work days |
| Immunization reactions, severe, adverse | Within 3 work days |
| Legionellosis | Within 3 work days |
| Leptospirosis | Within 3 work days |
| Listeriosis | Immediately |
| Lyme Disease | Within 3 work days |
| Lymphogranuloma venereum | Within 3 work days |
| Malaria | Within 3 work days |
| Measles (rubeola) | Immediately |
| Meningococcal disease | Immediately |
| Mumps | Within 3 work days |
| Paralytic shellfish poisoning | Immediately |
| Pertussis | Immediately |
| Plague | Immediately |
| Poliomyelitis | Immediately |
| Psittacosis | Within 3 work days |
| Q Fever | Within 3 work days |
| Rabies | Immediately |
| Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis | Within 3 work days |
| Relapsing fever (borreliosis) | Immediately |
| Rubella, Including congential | Immediately |
| Salmonellosis | Immediately |
| Shigellosis | Immediately |
| Streptococcus Group A, invasive disease | Within 3 work days |
| Syphilis (including congenital) | Within 3 work days |
| Tetanus | Within 3 work days |
| Trichinosis | Within 3 work days |
| Tuberculosis | Immediately |
| Tularemia | Within 3 work days |
| Typhus | Immediately |
| Vibriosis | Within 3 work days |
| Yellow Fever | Immediately |
| Yersiniosis | Within 3 work days |
| Unexplained Critial Illness or Death | Immediately |
| Rare Diseases of Public Health Significance | Immediately |
| The following diagnoses are notifiable to the Washington State Department of Health in accordance with WAC 246-101. Immediately notifiable conditions are indicated in bold and should be reported when suspected or confirmed. | |
| Asthma, occupational (suspected or confirmed) Call 1-888-66-SHARP | Within one month |
| Birth Defects - Autism - Call (360)236-3492 | Within one month |
| Birth Defects - Cerebal Palsy - Call (360)236-3492 | Within one month |
| Birth Defects - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects - Call (360)236-3492 | Within one month |
| Pesticide Poisoning (hospitalized, fatal, or cluster) - Call 1-800-222-1222 | Immediately |
| Pesticide Poisoning (other) - Call 1-800-222-1222 | Within 3 work days |
| For more information please see WAC 246-101 or see www.doh.wa.gov/nc.htm | |
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