Identification

Name

Washington State Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Status

Active
Category

System
People
(1) Wayne Turnberg, Director, wayne.turnberg@doh.wa.gov
Organizations
(1) Department of Health (Washington)
Update frequency

Monthly
Created

2014-06-16 15:58:21+00:00
Modified

2016-03-10 22:46:27.710420+00:00

Basic Information

Overview

Communicable Disease Epidemiology (CDE) is responsible for statewide surveillance and investigation of more than 60 of Washington State's approximately 80 notifiable conditions. CDE activities include: support for local health jurisdictions in the investigation of individual cases and outbreaks of communicable diseases, and collection, analysis, and dissemination of communicable disease information to identify disease trends, including emerging infections.
Goals
(1) Baseline awareness
(2) Early detection
(3) Situational awareness
URL http://www.doh.wa.gov/AboutUs/ProgramsandServices/DiseaseControlandHealthStatistics/CommunicableDiseaseEpidemiology.aspx
URL (alternate) http://www.doh.wa.gov/DataandStatisticalReports/DiseasesandChronicConditions/CommunicableDiseaseSurveillanceData

Disease and Geography

Locations
(1) Washington
Disease transmission types
(1) Ingestion
(2) Sexually transmitted
(3) Water-borne
Disease properties
(1) Notifiable diseases (USA)
(2) Select agents or toxins
(3) Vaccine preventable
(4) Zoonotic

Datastreams

Data sources
(1) Clinic/Health Care Provider Records
(2) ED/Hospital Records
(3) Employment/School Records
(4) Laboratory Records