The Communicable Diseases staff has the following roles:
Investigation of reports of communicable diseases including food and water borne illness.
Staff also implement appropriate control measures to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in the community.
Nursing staff provides information about various communicable diseases.
All physicians offices, labs, schools and daycare providers are communicable disease reporters. Please call a Health Department RN directly to report the following within 24 hours:
Any foodborne/waterborne illness
Chicken pox
Measles
Meningitis
Mumps
Rabies
Whooping cough/pertussis
Please call 309-303-1375 for after hours emergency reporting for physicians and labs.
