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Health Advisory: Pertussis Cases Continue to Increase in Washington State
Advisory or Update, Health Advisory, Health Alert, Immunization, Immunizations, News and Alerts, News and Alerts, Pertussis11/07/2024 This is a Provider Alert from the Yakima Health District regarding an increase in pertussis (whooping cough) cases. Healthcare providers should: This is an update to the Provider Alert sent in May 2024. Current Pertussis Situation in Washington There has been a total of 1,099 confirmed and probable cases of pertussis reported statewide during…
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Guidance for COVID-19 Infection Prevention in First Responders and Healthcare Workers
Testing Sites for First Responders and Healthcare Workers Only
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Health Advisory: Update #7 & Interim Guidance on Outbreak of COVID-19
Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Health Advisory, Infection Control, News and Alerts, Notifiable Conditions, Novel Coronavirus, Provider ResourcesThis is an evolving situation. The guidance is subject to change frequently. Please ensure you are reviewing the information as it comes out. Contact: Melissa Sixberry, Director of Disease Control 509-249-6509 Requested Action: Review the below changes in recommendations regarding liberalized testing for individuals symptomatic for COVID-19 illness, and regarding prioritized testing for symptomatic close…
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Health Advisory: Update #6 & Interim Guidance on Outbreak of COVID-19
Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Health Advisory, Infection Control, News and Alerts, Notifiable Conditions, Novel CoronavirusThis is an evolving situation. The guidance is subject to change frequently. Please ensure you are reviewing the information as it comes out. Contact: Melissa Sixberry, Director of Disease Control 509-249-6509 Requested Action: Be aware of current guidance from CDC and WA-DOH for COVID-19 including PPE, isolation, quarantine, and testing PPE – Personal Protective Equipment…
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Health Advisory: Update #5 & Interim Guidance on Outbreak of COVID-19
Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Health Advisory, Infection Control, News and Alerts, Notifiable Conditions, Provider ResourcesThis is an evolving situation. The guidance is subject to change frequently. Please ensure you are reviewing the information as it comes out. For immediate release: March 11, 2020 Contact: Melissa Sixberry, Director of Disease Control 509-249-6509 Washington state is responding to an outbreak of COVID-19. As of this morning there are 366 confirmed cases…
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Health Advisory: Update #4 & Interim Guidance on Outbreak of COVID-19
Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Health Advisory, Infection Control, News and Alerts, Notifiable Conditions, Novel Coronavirus, Provider ResourcesThis is an evolving situation. The guidance is subject to change frequently. Please ensure you are reviewing the information as it comes out. Washington state is responding to an outbreak of COVID-19. As of this morning there are 102 confirmed cases in Washington State. Currently, there are no confirmed cases in Yakima County. This alert…
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Health Advisory: Update & Interim Guidance on Outbreak of COVID-19
Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Health Advisory, Infection Control, News and Alerts, Notifiable Conditions, Novel CoronavirusThis is an evolving situation. The guidance is subject to change frequently. Please ensure you are reviewing the information as it comes out. Washington state is responding to an outbreak of COVID-19. As of this morning there are 70 confirmed cases in Washington State. Currently, there are no confirmed cases in Yakima County. Routine outpatient…
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Health Advisory: COVID-19 Cases Increasing in Multiple Countries
Emerging Diseases and Conditions, Infection Control, News and Alerts, Notifiable Conditions, Novel Coronavirus, TravelRequested actions Be aware COVID-19 cases are increasing globally. Get a detailed travel history for patients with fever and acute respiratory illness. Ask patients with suspected COVID-19 infection to wear a surgical mask. Evaluate them in a private room with the door closed, ideally an airborne infection isolation room. All healthcare personnel entering the room…
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Upcoming MAT Waiver Training Opportunity
Completion of this free 4 hour in-person course followed by a 4 hour online course allows physicians to apply for the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder. ARNPs and PA-Cs require a 16 hour online course. Non-prescriber OUD care team members, including RNs and Substance Use Disorder Professionals, are encouraged to…
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Health Advisory: Evaluating and Reporting Suspected E-cigarette or Vaping Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)
Requested actions Ask all patients if they recently used e-cigarette or vaping products and which substances they used. Ask patients who report using e-cigarette or vaping products about respiratory, gastrointestinal and constitutional symptoms (e.g., cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and fever). Perform chest X-ray. Consider chest CT to evaluate…
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Support Youth Addicted to Nicotine
Supporting Youth who are Addicted to Nicotine: Advice for Pediatricians Ask the Right Questions: •Ask about tobacco and nicotine use in the context of routine screening, using language that youth will understand. Sample screening questions include: o “Do you use any tobacco products, like cigarettes, chewing tobacco, or hookah? Have you used them in the…
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2019-2020 Influenza Season Preparedness
Surveillance updates Seasonal influenza surveillance begins in October and ends in April. It is important to stay up to date on local influenza activity. Vaccine Both influenza A components of this season’s vaccine are different from last season. Both B components are unchanged. CDC recommends influenza vaccine for everyone over age 6 months for whom…