Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Communicable Disease Report <br />January-December, 2014 <br /> <br />CD-Related Activities (January –December, 2014) <br /> <br /> Jan-Dec. 2014 <br />Bloodborne Pathogen <br />Exposures <br />1 Situations involving OCHD in the mandated testing (and compliance) of someone exposed to potentially <br />infectious body fluids of another <br />Quarantine Orders Issued* 0 <br />Isolation Orders Issued* 1 (TB) <br />Health Law Violators 2 Legally manadated testing as sources of BBP/sexual exposure <br />CD Control Measure Orders <br />Issued* <br />18 11 Hepatitis B, 1 TB, 6 Ebola <br />Hepatitis B Perinatals <br />Tracked <br />10 <br />Infants Born to Hepatitis B <br />Positive Moms <br />9 <br />Infants Becoming Hepatitis <br />B Infected at Birth <br />0 Infants born to Hepatitis B infected moms are very likely to be Hepatitis B positive for life (and at high <br />risk for early death) unless a series of vaccines are received at appropriate times within the first 6 <br />months of life; these vaccines must begin within 24 hours of birth; we track the moms and children in <br />an effort to assure that these vaccines are received on time and that appropriate follow-up if obtained <br /> *Annual reporting is an accreditation requirement <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Historical Information* <br /> 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 <br />Rabies Contacts 15 27 17 4 36 241 398 358 370 268 303 301 333 418 523 <br />Pertussis Cases 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 0 11 18 2 4 23 4 10 <br />TB cases 7 5 2 5 (Jail) 5 4 2 7 (Jail) 7 (Jail) 1 4 3 2 3 1 <br />Latent TB Infections Treated 11 24 32 29 44 53 35 85 72 65 41 64 53 59 50 <br />Refugee Arrivals/ CD <br />Screenings <br /> 227 118 51 87 78 73 76 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />