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Disease Reporting Notifiable Conditions We rely on health care providers, labs, and hospitals to help us spot disease trends and identify outbreaks. In addition to the diseases considered Notifiable Conditions by the Department of Health, it is vital that clinicians also report unusual clusters of disease or events that raise a level of suspicion, such as apparent outbreaks of food-borne or water-borne illness. Washington State Department of Health has a Notifiable Conditions website page located at: http://www.doh.wa.gov/ForPublicHealthandHealthcareProviders/NotifiableConditions/ListofNotifiableConditions Klickitat County has several programs for investigating specific diseases. Each program has different reporting requirements, including report forms that must be filled out and faxed to us. Do not email reports or patient information to us. Contact the Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response program for all notifiable conditions, including TB, STD, and HIV/AIDS. Please complete and fax the CD Report form and any accompanying lab reports to [PHONE REDACTED]. Sexually transmitted disease reporting STDs must be reported within 3 working days. Complete the forms located at: and fax it to [PHONE REDACTED]. Klickitat County Health Department staff can assist in notifying sex partners of someone diagnosed with Chlamydia, gonorrhea and/or syphilis. Please contact our STD program staff for assistance at [PHONE REDACTED]. Tuberculosis reporting Patients with a first-time positive TB skin test need to follow up first with their healthcare provider. For patients who show signs and suspicious of active TB disease, please report immediately to Klickitat County Health Department TB program at [PHONE REDACTED].