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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: February 28, 2018 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: Communicable Disease Protocol <br /> <br /> <br />Attachment(s): PowerPoint <br /> <br />Staff or Board Member Reporting: Iulia Vann <br /> <br />Purpose: ____ Action <br /> _ X Information only <br /> ____ Information with possible action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: <br /> <br />Iulia Vann, Community Health Manager, will talk about the Health Department’s efforts <br />in initiating, managing, and preventing outbreaks in Orange County. The first part of the <br />presentation will focus on describing what an outbreak is and how to differentiate <br />between a true outbreak and a false one. Iulia will continue the presentation by <br />highlighting the reasons to investigate outbreaks and succinctly describe the 10 steps of <br />on outbreak investigation. In the second part of the presentation, you will hear about the <br />impact of vaccines in US and information about Mumps and Pertussis cases at the <br />State and County levels. At the end of the presentation, Mrs. Vann will describe how the <br />Communicable Disease team has worked to prevent further spread of vaccine <br />preventable diseases in the community and the collaboration with other agencies. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Recommended Action: ___Approve <br /> ___Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners for action <br />___Approve & forward to ___________________________ <br /> _X_Accept as information <br /> ___Revise & schedule for future action <br /> ___Other (detail):