Communicable Diseases
Resources for Consumers
Chronic
Wasting Disease (CWD)
Communicable
Disease Chart for Schools & Child Care Centers
(PDF, 380 KB)
Communicable Disease Fact Sheet Series
Community Associated - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (CA MRSA):
CA
MRSA
- Patient Pamphlet (PDF, 95 KB)
CA
MRSA
- School Guidelines (PDF, 74 KB)
Day Care Exclusion Criteria
Easter Egg Safety Tip
Handwashing Fact Sheet
Head Lice Infestations in Schools
Patient Ed: Cover Your Cough (English - Spanish -
Hmong)
Rabies - Prevention Flowchart
Recommendations
for Nail Salon Customers
School Guidance for
Gastrointestinal Infections
Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Tips for Safe Food Handling Techniques and a Cleaner Cooking Environment
Water
Cooler Safety Recommendations
Communicable
Disease Chart for Schools & Child Care Centers (PDF, 380 KB) This chart of selected communicable diseases is a guide for persons
who have responsibility for groups of children in day care centers,
schools, summer camps or other similar situations. The chart includes
communicable diseases that are reportable under Wisconsin law (Wisconsin
Statute 252.05 and 252.21, Communicable Diseases, and Wisconsin
Administrative Rule 145.04(d) and 145.06, Control of Communicable
Diseases).
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Communicable
Disease Fact Sheet Series
The Division of Public Health has compiled a series of fact sheets on
numerous communicable diseases.
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Day
Care Exclusion Criteria (PDF, 22 KB)
Guidelines for the exclusion of children and staff from a daycare center
due to bloodborne, enteric, or respiratory diseases.
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Easter Egg Safety Tip (PDF,
12 KB)
This one-page tip sheet summarizes general tips about safe
handling, preparation and storage of eggs as well as considerations
regarding Easter egg safety.
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Fact Sheet
This fact sheet points out that handwashing, when done correctly, is
the single most effective way to prevent the spread of communicable
diseases. Good handwashing technique is easy to learn and can
significantly reduce the spread of infectious diseases among both
children and adults.
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Lice: A Public
Health Guide for the Prevention, Control &
Treatment of Head Lice Infestations in Schools (PDF,
71 KB)
This manual is a guide for public health professionals and
school staff regarding the management and control of head lice in the
home and school setting.
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Cover Your Cough (English) (Exit
DHS)
Cover Your Cough (Spanish) (Exit
DHS)
Cover Your Cough (Hmong) (Exit
DHS) Patient Education Materials:
These educational materials from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention focus on the steps individuals can take to prevent the spread
of serious respiratory illnesses when coughing or sneezing.
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Rabies
- Wisconsin Rabies Prevention Flowchart (Exit DHS)
This flowchart provides guidance for local health department
staff in managing the potential human exposures to rabies.
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Recommendations
for Nail Salon Customers (PDF, 23 KB)
If you go to a nail salon for a pedicure, your feet may
be soaked in a whirlpool footbath before your pedicure. There is a
chance that soaking your feet in the footbath may cause skin infections
on your feet and legs. This is due to an organism called mycobacteria.
School
Guidance for Gastrointestinal Infections (PDF,
17 KB)
This three-page guide includes a checklist for schools to use when
outbreaks of gastroenteritis occur.
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Tips - Safe Food Handling Techniques
& Cleaner Cooking Environment
(PDF, 41 KB)
This 18-page guide contains important information about storing,
handling, preparing, and cooking food safely. Special consideration is
given to handling and storing baby food safely, holding foods during or
following a power outage, summer cooking and grilling, tips for cleaning
a refrigerator, and catering for large parties at home.
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Water
Cooler Safety Recommendations (PDF, 9 KB)
The Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable
Diseases, in conjunction with the Marathon County Health Department,
developed these guidelines for safe handling of drinking
water, ice and water dispensers. This guidance material is adapted from
guidelines prepared by the Maricopa County (Arizona) Health Department
following a norovirus outbreak at a local golf course.
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Last Revised: August 24, 2009 |
