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About

  • Clinical Specimen Submission
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  • Not Sharing Needles
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  • Respiratory Viruses

Information for

  • COVID-19 Home
  • COVID-19 Information for Healthcare Providers
  • Healthcare Providers
  • Residential & Acute Healthcare Factility Managers
  • Clinical Laboratories
  • Travelers
  • Schools

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  • Covid-19 Data Tracker
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Programs

  • Acute Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Center for
  • COVID-19 Epidemiology, Center For
  • Emergency Preparedness and Infectious Disease, Division of
  • HIV, Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases & Tuberculosis Epidemiology, Center for
  • Medical Examiners, State Center for the Office
  • Project Firstline Rhode Island
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease Program
  • State Laboratories, Division of
  • Tuberculosis Program

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  • National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Program

Infectious Disease Information for Residential and Healthcare Facilities

What you must do

  • Report cases of infectious diseases of interest to the Department of Health
  • Clusters of noro-like illness in healthcare facilities and other congregate settings must be reported to the Division of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology (401-222-2577).

Resources

  • Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae: Guidance for Control of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae 2012
  • Clostridium difficile: Guidelines for the Management of Clostridium difficile in Rhode Island Long-Term-Care Facilities
  • Flu: Respiratory Illness Outbreak Toolkit
  • Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms In Healthcare Settings, 2006
  • Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA): Guidelines for the Management of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Rhode Island Long-Term-Care Facilities
  • Norovirus: Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak Toolkit Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings, 2011 Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
  • Tuberculosis: Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005
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Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
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Phone: 401-222-5960
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6 Harrington Road
Cranston, RI 02920
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50 Orms St
Providence, RI 02904-2222
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