Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology Disease Protocols

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Office of Surveillance & Epidemiology

Disease Protocols

1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 210
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 1-877-427-7317
Fax: 1-877-427-7318
Email: EpiHotline@kdhe.state.ks.us

The Kansas Association of Local Health Departments (KALHD) is pleased to provide you with the Reportable Disease Protocols. Users may view, print, or download individual disease protocols by selecting the protocol by name.

This work was provided from funding provided to KALHD in the 2004 public health bioterrorism grant. The protocols were written to provide technical assistance with local surveillance and disease investigation. They contain not only disease specific information, but also sample letters, reporting forms, sample communication sheets and other tools to assist the local public health department.

These protocols have been reviewed by KDHE for content and are intended to replace the KDHE Disease Protocols (big orange book, sometimes called "BOB"). They should be used by local health department staff when reportable disease information is needed. As with BOB, these protocols are dynamic, and will be revised as needed.

Local staff should note that only those forms marked KDHE or CDC need be sent to KDHE. Not all the forms included in the protocols need to be returned to KDHE with every disease investigation. The other forms are included to aid in the local health department investigation if needed.

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Disease Protocol Guidelines
Arnebiasis Investigation Guideline Anthrax Investigation Guideline Arboviral Diseases Investigation Guideline Botulism Investigation Guideline Brucellosis Investigation Guideline Campylobacter Investigation Guideline Chancroid Investigation Guideline Chlamydia Investigation Guideline Cholera Investigation Guideline Cryptosporidiosis Investigation Guideline Cyclosporiasis Investigation Guideline Diphtheria Investigation Guideline Escherichia coli 0157:H7 & Other Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (STEC) Investigation Guidelines Ehrlichiosis Investigation Guideline Giardiasis Investigation Guideline Gonorrhea Investigation Guideline Haemophilus Influenzae Investigation Guideline Hansen Disease Investigation Guideline Hantavirus Investigation Guideline Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), Post-Diarrheal Investigation Guidelines Hepatitis A Investigation Guideline Hepatitis B Investigation Guideline Hepatitis C Investigation Guideline HIV AIDS Investigation Guideline Legionellosis Investigation Guideline Listeriosis Investigation Guideline	Lyme Disease Investigation Guideline Malaria Disease Investigation Guideline Measles Disease Investigation Guideline Meningococcal Investigation Guideline Mumps Disease Investigation Guideline Pertussis Disease Investigation Guideline Plague Disease Investigation Guideline Poliomyelitis Disease Investigation Guideline Psittacosis Investigation Guideline Q Fever Disease Investigation Guideline Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Investigation Guideline Rubella Disease Investigation Guideline Salmonellosis Disease Investigation Guideline SARS Investigation Guideline Shigellosis Disease Investigation Guideline Smallpox Investigation Guideline Streptococcal Group A Infections Investigation Guideline Syphilis Investigation Guideline KS Version Tetanus Disease Investigation Guideline Toxic Shock Syndrome & STSS Investigation Guideline Trichinosis Investigation Guideline Tuberculosis Investigation Guideline Tularemia Disease Investigation Guideline Typhoid Fever Disease Investigation Guideline Varicella Investigation Guideline Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Guideline Yellow Fever Investigation Guideline

Disease Protocol Template Letters and Intake Worksheets
Note - All files linked in this section are in Word format and require Microsoft Word, Office or Word Viewer to open the document.
Arboviral Enchphalitis and Meningitisl MD Notificaiton Letter Contact Form Diphtheria MD Notification Letter Enteric Letter to case General Investigation Form Generic Case Letter Generic MD Letter Hepatitis A Parent Letter Hib MD letter Hib No Rifampin Parent Letter Hib Rifampin Parent Letter Intake Worksheet for Reportable Disease Laboratory Report Form Measles Medical Facility Notification Letter		Measles School Notification Letter Meningococcal Medical Notification Letter Meningococcal Parent Notification Letter Mumps MD letter Mumps Parent Letter Parent Notification Letter Pertussis Medication Parent Letter Pertussis No Medication Parent Letter Polio MD Letter Rubella MD letter Rubella Parent Letter Shigellosis Parent Letter TB Parent Letter Typhoid Letter to Case Vacicella Parent Notification Letter

KDHE OSE Infectious Disease Case Classifications

KDHE OSE created this table to aid in classifying infectious diseases according to the CSTE approved case definitions. All diseases have a CSTE case definition for 'confirmed' but not all diseases have case definitions for all of the other classifications (probable, suspect, and not a case). KDHE OSE developed definitions for most of the classifications not populated by CSTE case definitions. These definitions are the grey-shaded boxes located in the document below.

KDHE OSE Standard Infectious Disease Case Classifications