Chaffee County Public Health responds to infectious disease
cases and outbreaks that pose a threat to the health and safety of Chaffee
County Residents. Communicable disease prevention, investigation and
control is a core public health service in Colorado. The majority of
infectious diseases require some type of public health investigation in order
to control the further spread of disease. Check out the Communicable
Disease Manual or Diseases
A-Z for a complete list of diseases investigated by CCPH and the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment. If you have any questions
about communicable diseases in Chaffee County, contact Sandra Morgan at smorgan@chaffeecounty.org.
Reporting by labs (diagnostic results and those highly
correlated with disease) and providers (including suspected conditions) is
required in accordance with Regulation 6 CCR 1009-1. In addition to reporting
positive laboratory results to public health, clinical laboratories are
required to submit isolates and/or clinical material to the CDPHE laboratory
for select pathogens. For all other pathogens, isolate/clinical material
submission may be requested. Click HERE
for a list of reportable diseases. To report a disease directly to CCPH,
please contact Sandra Morgan at smorgan@chaffeecounty.org
Rabies
CCPH works with individuals, providers, veterinarians, law
enforcement and anyone else regularly in contact with animals in the event of
an animal bite. For more information on rabies in Colorado visit the CDPHE
Rabies Website.
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