Non-Reportable and Reportable Communicable Disease
The following Non-Reportable letters and factsheets are available for child care providers use. These documents are in adobe PDF format.
All information is general in nature and is not intended to be used as a substitute for appropriate professional advice. For more
information, please call Child Care Health Program at 425.339.5230.
Outbreaks
Although a disease may not require a report, you are always welcome to call for advice, especially when dealing with outbreaks of illness.
Any cluster of cases or unexpected increase in any illness in a given period may indicate an outbreak. Contact the Child Care Health Program
at 425.339.5230 for personalized information on how to limit the spread of a disease.
Reportable Communicable Disease
Licensed child care facilities are required to report communicable diseases to the local health department (WAC 388-73-056). In Snohomish
County, report communicable diseases to the Snohomish Health District at 425.339.5278 and ask for the Communicable Disease Nurse. The
Communicable Disease Nurse will ask you for specific information about the illness.
The following is a list of reportable diseases. Please report all instances of these illnesses in children, their families, or staff
to local health authorities in Washington in accordance with WAC 246-101. To Report a Notifiable Condition in Snohomish County
call (425) 339-5278 [ See: Notification Time Frame below ]
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Animal bites *
Arboviral disease (West Nile virus disease, dengue, Eastern & Western equine encephalitis, etc.)
Botulism (foodborne, wound, and infant) *
Brucellosis *
Campylobacteriosis
Chancroid
Chlamydia trachomatis
Cholera *
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Diphtheria *
Disease of suspected bioterrorism origin, including Anthrax and Smallpox *
Disease of suspected foodborne origin (clusters only) *
Disease of suspected waterborne origin (clusters only) *
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli, including E. coli O157:H7 infection *
Giardiasis
Gonorrhea
Granuloma inguinale
Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease (under age five years, excluding otitis media) *
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome *
Hepatitis A - acute *
Hepatitis B - acute
Hepatitis B - surface antigen positive and pregnant (report EACH pregnancy)
Hepatitis B - chronic †
Hepatitis C - acute, or chronic †
Hepatitis, unspecified (infectious) *
Herpes simplex, genital (initial infection only) and neonatal
