Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals | Bruce Greenstein, Secretary

  Glossary

• Acinetobacter

• Aeromonas  (See Water Bacteria)

• Amebiasis 

• Amebic Encephalitis & Keratitis
  Free-Living Ameba Case Report Form  (CDC)

• Anaplasmosis (Tick-Borne Rickettsial) Case Report(CDC)

• Anthrax
  Anthrax Public Info
  Anthrax Summary

• Aseptic (Viral) Meningitis
  Meningitis Viral Public Info

• Babesiosis Form (CDC)

• Bacillus Cereus

• Barber Shops - Infection Control
  LA Administrative Code - Barbers

• The Prevention & Control of Bed Bugs
  Managing Bed Bugs in Louisiana Hotels, Motels, Bed & Breakfasts

• Blastomycosis 

• Botulism
  Botulism Form 1
  Botulism Form 2
  Botulism Summary
  Botulism Summary 2

• Brucellosis
  Brucellosis Form
  Brucellosis Summary

• Campylobacter
  Campylobacter Public Info
  Campylobacter Summary

• Case Definitions

• Cat Scratch Disease

• Chagas DIsease
  Chagas Disease (CDC)
  Chagas Investigation Form

• Chickenpox (see Varicella) 

• Cholera
  Cholera & Vibrio Public Info
  Cholera & Vibrio Form

• Ciguatera
  Ciguatera FDA Advisory

• Clostridium
  Clostridium Difficile
  C. difficile Summary
  C. difficile in Long-Term-Care Facilities for the Elderly
  
  Clostridium Perfringens
  
• Confidentiality
  
• Conjunctivitis
  
• Cosmetology - LA State Board Gold Book

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - CJD
  CJD Public Info

• Cryptococcosis

• Cryptosporidiosis
  Cryptosporidiosis Public Info

• Cyclospora
  Cyclospora Form (CDC)

• Cysticercosis (CDC)

• Cytomegalovirus Infections

• Delusional Parasitosis and Morgellans Disease

• Dengue Fever
  Dengue Form (CDC)

• Dental
  Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings - 2003 (MMWR)
  

• Diphtheria

• Disinfection and Sterilization

• Drinking Water Disinfection

• Ehrlichiosis
  Tick-Borne Rickettsial Disease Case Report Form (CDC)

• Encephalitis
  Eastern Equine Encephalitis  (EEE)
  California Encephalitis (La Crosse)
  St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) 
  
  West Nile Virus Encephalitis (WNV) 
  WNV Public Info
  West Nile Story
  West Nile Summary
  
  Encephalitis Form
  Encephalitis Summary

• Enterobacteriaceae

• Enterococcus,vancomycin-resistant (VRE)

• Erythema Infectiosum (Fifth Disease)

• Escherichia Coli  
  STEC form
  E. coli Summary

• Flood Waters

• Food Etiology
  Bacterial Foodborne Illnesses
  Non-Infectious Foodborne Illnesses
  Onset,Duration & Symptoms of Foodborne Illness
  Parasitic Foodborne Illnesses
  Viral Foodborne Illnesses

• Food Borne Outbreak; Table List  - All Agents 
  Investigation Form  (CDC)
  Food Borne Outbreak Manual
  Investigation Summary

• Food Poisoning - Fish

• GBS (See Streptococcal Infection, Group B)

• Generic Questionnaire

• Giardiasis
  Giardiasis Form
  Giardiasis Public
  Giardiasis Summary

• Guillain-Barre Syndrome

• Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
  Haemophilus Influenzae Summary

• Hair (See Cosmetology)

• Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD)
  Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease - Public Information

• Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) 
  Hansen's Disease Form
  Hansen's Disease Summary
• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
  Hantavirus Case Report Form (CDC)

• Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

• Hepatitis
  Guidelines for Viral Hepatitis Surveillance and Case Management - CDC
  
  Hepatitis A 
  Hepatitis A Public
  Hepatitis A Summary
  Hepatitis A Summary (2)
  
  Hepatitis B
  Hepatitis B, Public
  Hepatitis B Summary
  Hepatitis B Summary (2)
  Recommendations for Identification & Public Health Management of Persons with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection (MMWR)
  
  Hepatitis C
  Hepatitis C, Public
  Hepatitis C Summary
  Hepatitis C Summary 2
  
  Hepatitis D
  
  Hepatitis E
  
  Hepatitis Case Report Form
  Hepatitis Table

• Herpes B Monkey Virus

• HIPAA (MMWR)

• Histoplasmosis

• HIV Summary

• Human T-cell Lymphotrophic Virus (HTLV)

• Ice Machines and Ice 
  Sanitary Care Pamphlet - Ice Chests & Ice Machines

• Influenza 
  Influenza-associated Encephalopathy
  Influenza Pediatric Death Form (CDC)
  Influenza Pediatric Death Reportng Instructions (CDC)
  Influenza Vaccine 2004 (CDC)
  Nasopharyngeal Swab Collection
  Pandemic Influenza Emergency Department Card
  Prevention and Control of Influenza -(Recommendations of the ACIP, 2009)
  Pandemic Influenza Summary - Physicians
  Pandemic Influenza Summary

• Klebsiella

• Lab Forms

• Legionnaires' Disease
  Legionella Form (CDC)
  Legionella Prevention (VHA Directive)
  Legionella Questionnaire
  Legionellosis Summary
  Legionellosis Hypothesis-Generating Questionnaire (CDC)

• Leprosy (see Hansen's Disease)

• Leptospirosis

• Listeriosis
  Listeriosis Form (CDC)
• Lyme Disease
  Lyme Disease Public Info
  Lyme Disease Brochure
  Lyme Disease IDSA Guidelines
  Lyme Disease Form (CDC)
• Malaria 
  Malaria Form (CDC)
  Malaria Form Instruction
  Guidelines for Treatment in U.S. 
  Malaria Travel Public Info
  
• Measles (Rubeola)
  Measles Summary
  
• Meningitis
  Meningitis, Public Info
  Meningitis Summary
  
• Meningitis (Viral) 
  Meningitis (Viral) Public Info
  Viral Meningitis Summary
  
• Meningococcal Meningitis
  Meningococcal Meningitis Public Information
  Meningococcal Meningitis Medical Information
  Meningococcal Meningitis Summary
  
• Meningitis, Eosinophilic
  
• Mold Summary
  Strachybotrys chartarum
  
• Molluscum Contagiosum
  
• Mononucleosis
  
• MRSA (See also Staphylococcus aureus)
  Multidrug-Resistant Organisms MDRO-2006 (Management of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms In Healthcare Settings)
  Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin Resistant (MRSA) - Public Info
• Mumps
  Mumps Summary
  
• Musical Instruments - Infection Control
  
• Mycobacterium bovis
• Needle Disposal
  Needle Disposal Family Booklet (EPA)
• Noroviruses
  Norovirus Guidelines 2011 (MMWR)
  Norovirus-Long Term Care Facility
  Norovirus-Nursing Home
  Norovirus Public Info
  Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection of Viral Gastroenteritis - Norovirus Guidelines
  Norovirus Summary
  
• Pediculosis (Head Lice)
  Pediculosis Summary
  
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
  Pertussis Public Info
  Pertussis Form
  Pertussis Summary
  
• Pet Facilitated Therapy Guidelines
  Non-human Primates as Pets
  
• Plague
  Plague Summary
  
• Pneumococcal Disease
  
• Poliomyelitis, Paralytic
  
• Psittacosis
  Birds in School
  
• Q Fever
  
• Quarantine/Isolation Order
  
• Rabies
  Specimen Collection Instructions for Large Animals
  Rabies Bite Report Form  (DHH)
  Rabies Bite Report Form -Human (CDC)
  Sample Collection for Dx in Humans
  Rabies Sanitary Code
  Rabies Compendium (MMWR)
  Rabies Bat Euthanasia
  Rabies Summary
  
• Raw Milk (CDC)
• Reportable Diseases
  
• Residency Determination
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
  
• Reye Syndrome
  
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever 
  Tick-Borne Rickettsial Disease Case Report Form (CDC)
  Rodent Transmitted Infections
  
• Rotavirus
  Rotavirus Public Information
  
• Rubella
  Rubella Summary
  
• Salmonellosis
  Salmonella Public Info
  Salmonellosis Summary
  S. typhi   (see Typhoid Fever)
• Sanitary Code Control of Communicable Diseases -State of Louisiana
• Scabies
  Scabies Public Info
  Scabies Summary
  
• School Outbreak Report Form
• Shigellosis
  Shigellosis Public Info
  Shigella Summary
  Shigella Summary Long Version
• Shingles Public Info
  
• Smallpox Revaccination
  
• Spider Bites
  
• Staphylococcus aureus, Community Acquired Pneumonia Reporting Form
  Staphylococcus aureus - Public Info
  see also MRSA
  Staphylococcus aureus, Vancomycin-intermediate (VISA), Vancomycin-resistant (VRSA)
  Investigation & Control of Vancomycin- 
  Intermediate & Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA / VRSA)  (CDC)
  VISA / VRSA Form
  
• Streptococcal Infections
  Streptococcal Infection, Invasive Group A
  Strep Group A Public Info
  Strep Group A (GAS) Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI) Summary
  
  Streptococcal Infection, Group B
  Streptococcal Infection, Group B- Newborn
  Infection Form
  Streptococcal Infection, Group B (MMWR)
  Strept Group B Public Info
  Strep Group B Summary
  
  Streptococcus pneumoniae, penicillin
  resistant (DRSP)
  
  
• Tetanus
  
• Tickborne Disease
  Tick Prevention-Public Information
  Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever - Public Information
  
• Toxic Shock Syndrome, TSS
  
• Trichinosis
  Trichinosis Form
  
• Tuberculosis
  Tuberculosis, Bovine
  TB Summary
  
• Tularemia 
  Tularemia Summary
  
• Typhoid Fever
  Salmonella Typhi/Paratyphi Form - CDC
• Varicella zoster Infection 
  Varicella Summary
  (see also Shingles)
• Vibrio Infections
  Vibrio Case Report Form (CDC)
  Vibrio Public Info
  
• Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF)
  
• VISA/VRSA (see Staphylococcus aureus)
  

• Water Bacteria
  Waterborne Outbreak Form

• West Nile Virus (see Encephalitis)

• Yellow Fever