The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports of dengue fever among relief workers returning from Haiti, where the disease is endemic. Health care providers in the United States should consider dengue in the diagnosis of patients who have symptoms consistent with dengue infection and who have traveled to Haiti within the past 30 days. Physicians are encouraged to submit samples to state health departments (available at the California Department of Public Health as well as from AZ, CT, FL, NY, PR, and TX) or the CDC Dengue Branch for proper laboratory testing. A completed CDC Dengue Case Investigation Form with Haiti Travel printed on the heading must accompany the specimens for each patient to be tested. Infected travelers may also present a risk for local spread of dengue virus(es) in US areas where Aedes mosquitoes are present.
The form may be accessed at: http://www.cdc.gov/Dengue/resources/caseformhaiti.pdf
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- Santa Clara County EMS Agency
- Santa Clara County, California, United States
- The Santa Clara County EMS Agency is charged with the oversight and regulation of the delivery of emergency medical services within the County. The EMS Agency is responsible for developing and coordinating an integrated emergency medical care delivery system, which is composed of education agencies, hospitals and specialty care facilities. Responsibilities include system planning, training program approval, provider and hospital designation, the establishment of appropriate medical, operations, and quality standards, monitoring and facilitating compliance, and the certification, authorization, and accreditation of personnel. The EMS Agency is also responsible for disaster medical-health planning and response. This includes multiple patient management, emergency public health operations, and medical-health mutual aid coordination.