Patient arrives in ER showing signs of TB is admitted to medical floor for laboratory testing.
Laboratory Tests Confirms TB. Patient is Isolated. Physician reports the the Local Heatlh Athority within 24 hours by phone per California Code of Regulations Title 17-2500 (CDPH, 2016)
Per Title 17 section 2505- The laboratory that identifies a culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patient specimin must submit the culture to the local public health laboritory for further testing and strain isolation (CDPH, 2016)
CDPH recieves report of any communicable diseases and works to identify and control threat to the publics health (CDPH, 2016). Health officer investigates and takes measrues to control including isolation and quarantine (CDPH, 2013)
Reports communicable Desease to the CDC -National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (CDC Staff, 2016)
Secretary of Health and Human Services oversee the CDC along with other agencies to monitor and prevent communicable disease outbreaks (HHS Staff, 2016)
CDC is the national health protection agency. They assist with Federal, State, Local and International outbreaks. They monitor national health and maintain the reporting systems (CDC, 2016)
HHS Secretary reports to the U.S. President on national and international outbreaks. Recieves orders from the President to work with other agencies such as the WHO
World Health Organization monitors and prevent disease outbreaks accross national borders (Dentinger & Simmerman, 2016)
California Department of Public Health Staff. (2016). Title 17 California Code and Regulations and Reportable Diseases and Conditions. California Department of Public Health. Retrieved from 1. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/Pages/ReportableDiseases.aspx