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COVID-19
Please visit putnamcountyny.com/coronavirus for the most up-to-date information about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). For immediate questions about testing your patient, call 845-808-1390 and ask to speak to a communicable disease nurse. If you suspect your patient may have contracted COVID-19, you must call the local health department in which the patient resides. For Putnam County residents, call 845-808-1390 and ask to speak to a communicable disease nurse. To receive important advisories and updates from NYSDOH regarding COVID-19 and other healthcare issues, create a Health Commerce System account at https://commerce.health.state.ny.us/public/hcs_login.html.

Disease Reporting

• Communicable Disease Reporting Requirements  – DOH – 389
• STD Reporting Form 2020

Tick-borne Diseases

• Lyme disease EM Rash – Line List reporting form
• Lyme disease investigation form
• Provider Letter-Lyme disease EM Rash – Line List reporting form
• Office Manager Letter- Lyme disease EM Rash – Line List reporting form
• Anaplasmosis/Ehrlichia chaffeensis/Babesiosis Reporting Form

Influenza Mapping

Please note, these are lab-confirmed cases only.

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Provider Updates

Measles

• Infection Control During Measles Outbreak
• Sign – Measles Alert
• Immunity and PEP Guidance for Measles Exposure
• Specimen Collection and Shipping Guidance for Measles Testing
• Specimen Requisition Form for Measles Testing (Fillable)
• Measles Alert for Healthcare Providers October 2019
• Measles Alert for Healthcare Providers May 2019

Ebola Virus Disease

• Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Health Advisory October 2018
• Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) NYSDOH Commissioner’s Order 2014 still in effect as of December 2018
• Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) NYSDOH Commissioner’s Order Update 2015 still in effect as of December 2018

• Zika Virus Update for Providers March 2018
• Opioid Prescribing Toolkit 2019

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