Welcome to the Communicable Disease (CD) Control and Prevention Program in the Public Health Department of San Luis Obispo County. The CD program works in partnership with healthcare providers and the community to protect the public from the spread of contagious diseases that could result in illness, disability or death. As well, the CD Program provides consultations and information on contagious diseases, offers referrals for treatment of individuals exposed to certain communicable diseases, and conducts investigations on highly transmissable conditions.
Our Services
- Reporting & Surveillance: collecting and analyzing data is a vey important component to accurate disease control and prevention. Clinicians should send a Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) form to the Health Department when they think a patients has a reportable disease. A CMR can be downloaded and printed using the following link: Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) ( PDF 916 KB)
Summaries of communicable disease data submitted to the Public Health Department are available by year on the SLO County Epidemiology site.
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- Education and Prevention: Provide education about Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV and Hepatitis and counseling to high risk populations and community agencies; screening of high risk individuals and referral to health care providers for evaluation, treatment and follow-up when appropriate.
- Evaluation and Treatment
Information
Contact Us
SAN LUIS OBISPO Public Health2191 Johnson Ave San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone: 805-781-5500 or after hours 805-781-4550 Fax: 805-781-5543
For specific information regarding treatment or follow up on specific communicable diseases you search alphabetically on the Federal Center for Disease Control (CDC) website http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000e035
Animal-Related Diseases
Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases
Childhood Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Food-Related Diseases
Healthcare-Related Infections and Issues
HIV/AIDS
Insects and Arthropod-Related Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Water-Related Diseases
Tuberculosis
Weekly morbidity and mortality reports