Thurston County, Washington

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Thurston County Washington

Public Health and Social Services

Provider Resources

Report an Outbreak or Cluster

360-786-5470

Secure eFax: 1-833-418-1916

All messages left on the 24-hour reporting line are retrieved hourly during business hours. 

Any cluster or pattern of cases, suspected cases, deaths or increased incidence of any potentially infectious disease or condition beyond that expected in a given period which may indicate an outbreak, epidemic or related public health hazard shall be reported immediately by calling 360-786-5470 during normal business hours.  Although a disease may not require a report, you are always welcome to call for more information in the event of with outbreaks of illness.

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Voicemail for reporting non-immediately reportable conditions (24-hours a day)  Phone: 360-786-5470
Fax: 360-867-2601
Secure Confidential eFax   
Immediately and 24-hour reportable conditions or a public health emergency
(During business hours Monday - Friday 8am-5pm) 

Call 360-867-2610 

Secure eFax: 1-833-418-1916
Immediately and 24-hour reportable conditions or a public health emergency
(After business hours)		 Call 1-800-986-9050 
If no one is available and condition is immediately notifiable.  Call 1-877-539-4344

 

Notifiable Conditions for Health Care Providers

In Washington State, health care providers, health care facilities, laboratories, veterinarians, food service establishments, child day care facilities, and schools are legally required to notify public health authorities at their local health jurisdiction of suspected or confirmed cases of selected diseases or conditions. These are referred to as notifiable conditions.

Most of Washington State's notifiable conditions are listed below. This table contains links to general information, reporting forms, and guidelines for investigations. For a complete list of notifiable conditions, see WAC 246-101. 

List of Notifiable Conditions (WA DOH) 

Notifiable Conditions Reporting Posters by Report (WA DOH) 

Disease Information (WA DOH)  Reporting Guidelines (WA DOH)
Acute Flaccid Myelitis AFM  Reporting Cases
Chlamydia Reporting Cases 
COVID-19 Reporting Cases
Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Reporting Cases
Gonorrhea Reporting Cases
Hepatitis A, acute Reporting Cases
Hepatitis C, acute Reporting Cases 
Hepatitis D Reporting Cases
Hepatitis E, acute Reporting Cases
HIV/AIDS Reporting Cases
Influenza, novel or unsubtypable strain only Reporting Cases
Legionellosis  Reporting Cases
Listeriosis Reporting Cases
Lyme Disease Reporting Cases
Measles Reporting Cases
Mpox (monkeypox)  Reporting Cases
Mumps Reporting Cases
Pertussis Reporting Cases
Human Rabies Reporting Cases
Rabies Suspect Exposure Reporting Cases
Rubella Reporting Cases
Salmonellosis, nontyphoidal Salmonella Reporting Cases
Shellfish Poisoning: Paralytic, Domoic Acid, or Diarrhetic Reporting Cases
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) (including E. coli serotypes O157:H7 and non-O157) Reporting Cases
Shigellosis Reporting Cases
Tuberculosis Reporting Cases
Vibriosis (non-cholera) Reporting Cases
Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Reporting Cases
West Nile Virus Disease Reporting Cases

*Source:  Washington State Legislature

Health Care Provider Resources

This webpage was developed for health care professionals and others who take action each day to protect the public's health. It is not intended to provide guidance for the general public. Communicable Disease Updates from the Department's Disease Control & Prevention (DCP) Program are faxed and emailed to local health care providers on a range of topics. Updates are typically urgent and occur on an as-needed basis.

Additional Resources: 

Educational Material

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (WA DOH) 

Handwashing Signs

Thurston County Perinatal Resources & Referral Guide

Parent & Child Health Services

Reproductive Health & Family Planning (TC)

Confidential Sexually Transmitted Infection Case Report (WA DOH) 

Sexually Transmitted Infections (TC)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Washington State Department of Health

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Pediatric Penicillin Allergy Flyer (WA DOH) | Spanish

Sexual Health Resource Guide (TC)

Contact our Disease Control and Prevention division at 360-867-2610 or email PHSS_DCP_CDTeam@Thurstoncounty.onmicrosoft.com if you have additional questions.