Reporting Communications Archive

Refer to the archive below for notifiable conditions-related communications sent from the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to laboratories through a variety of outlets, including emails/letters to Lab Directors and Staff, Elaborations newsletters, and Washington Administrative Code (WAC) updates.

Date Source Condition(s) Title and Brief Summary
Date June 2020 Source Dr. Scott Lindquist,
State Epidemiologist for
Communicable Diseases		 Condition(s) COVID-19 Title and Brief Summary Lab Directors/Managers and
Clinical Partners Letter requesting
patient demographic information
Date March 2020 Source Dr. Scott Lindquist,
State Epidemiologist for
Communicable Diseases		 Condition(s) COVID-19 Title and Brief Summary COVID-19 Lab Reporting
Date August
2018		 Source Dr. Scott Lindquist,
State Epidemiologist for
Communicable Diseases		 Condition(s) Zika Title and Brief Summary Zika Reporting Update: Request to stop
reporting negative Zika results.
Date January/February
2017		 Source Dr. Scott Lindquist,
State Epidemiologist for
Communicable Diseases		 Condition(s) All Title and Brief Summary New Resources for Clinical Lab
Reporting : including the new
Clinical Lab Reporting webpage and
updated Lab Reporting posting.
Date December 18,
2016		 Source Dr. Scott Lindquist,
State Epidemiologist for
Communicable Diseases		 Condition(s) Influenza Title and Brief Summary Flu Reporting Requirements:
Report novel and unsubtypable
influenza strain results to
patient's local health
jurisdiction and submit isolates
to the Public Health Lab
Date November/
December 2016		 Source

Elaborations -

DOH - Public Health Lab
and Communicable
Disease Epidemiology

 Condition(s) Antibiotic Resistant Oragnisms Title and Brief Summary Antibiotic Resistant Organisms:
CRE surveillance requests for all
Washington labs, plus expanded
antibiotic resistance surveillance
partnerships with sentinel labs.
Date September/
October 2016		 Source Elaborations -
Dr. Scott Lindquist,
State Epidemiologist for
Communicable Diseases		 Condition(s) All Title and Brief Summary Notifiable Conditions
Reporting : Confirm your lab
is including all required data
with notifiable conditions
results sent to public health
Date September
2016		 Source Dr. Scott Lindquist,
State Epidemiologist for
Communicable Diseases		 Condition(s) All Title and Brief Summary Notifiable Conditions
Reporting email 9-22-2016
and Lab Director's Letter
9-20-2016 : Review
notifiable conditions data
element reporting
requirements
Date August 9,
2016		 Source Dr. Scott Lindquist,
State Epidemiologist for
Communicable Diseases		 Condition(s) All Title and Brief Summary Electronic Laboratory
Reporting and DOH's Vital
Partnership with Clinical
Laboratories
Date May 9, 2016 Source DOH - Communicable
Disease Epidemiology		 Condition(s) Zika Title and Brief Summary Zika Reporting:
Notify patient's local health
jurisdiction of positive and
negative Zika results.
Date January/
February
2016		 Source Elaborations -
DOH - Laboratory
Reporting Business Team		 Condition(s) All Title and Brief Summary Electronic Reporting of
Laboratory Results for
Notifiable Conditions :
Mandatory electronic lab
reporting (ELR) is under
consideration to improve
reporting speed,
notification accuracy and
outbreak investigation
Date July/August
2015		 Source Elaborations -
DOH - Public Health Lab
and Communicable
Disease Epidemiology		 Condition(s) Carbapenem-
Resistant
Enterobacteriaceae
(CRE)		 Title and Brief Summary Carbapenem-Resistance
Enterobacteriaceae -
Updated Surveillance
Case Definition : Submit
isolates meeting the
updated CRE case
definition to the Public
Health Lab
Date September 8,
2014		 Source DOH - Communicable
Disease Epidemiology		 Condition(s) Coccidioidomycosis Title and Brief Summary Coccidioidomycosis
Reporting Changes email
and Coccidioidomycosis
Reporting in Washington
9-08-2014 attachment :
Report positive lab
findings to patient's local
health jurisdiction and
submit isolates to the
Public Health Lab
Date March/April
2014		 Source Elaborations -
DOH - Environmental
Public Health		 Condition(s) Blood Lead Title and Brief Summary Elevated Blood Lead -
Updated Definition : Confirm
notifiable condition blood
lead reporting meets
updated timeframe
requirements
Date January/
February
2014		 Source Elaborations -
DOH - Public Health Lab
and Communicable
Disease Epidemiology		 Condition(s) Carbapenem-
Resistant
Enterobacteriaceae
(CRE)		 Title and Brief Summary Changes to Washington
DOH Surveillance for
Carbapenem-Resistant
Enterobacteriaceae (CRE):
Submit isolates meeting
the CRE case definition
to the Public Health Lab
Date November/
December
2013		 Source Elaborations -
DOH - Public Health Lab
and Communicable
Disease Epidemiology		 Condition(s) Vibriosis Title and Brief Summary Vibrio vulnificus Isolated
in Washington Oysters :
Notify patient's local
health jurisdiction of
potential Vibrio vulnificus
cases
Date October 2,
2013		 Source DOH - Public Health Lab Condition(s) All Title and Brief Summary Public Health Lab
Specimens - Required
Requisition Information :
Confirm required data
elements are included
with all reference lab
specimen submissions
Date October 23,
2012		 Source DOH Condition(s) Carbapenem-
Resistant
Enterobacteriaceae
(CRE) and
Vancomycin-
Resistant
Staphylococcus
aureus (VRSA)		 Title and Brief Summary CRE and VRSA -
Reporting and Specimen
Submission : Notify
patient's local health
jurisdiction within 24 hours
and submit isolates to the
Public Health Lab
Date February 2,
2011		 Source Washington State
Board of Health		 Condition(s) All Title and Brief Summary Revised WAC Chapter
246-101 Notifiable
Conditions, Laboratory-
specific Sections 201-230
Date April 28,
2009		 Source DOH - Communicable
Disease Epidemiology		 Condition(s) Influenza Title and Brief Summary Please note: WAC update,
effective February 2, 2011,
supersedes this request
Swine Flu Outbreak:
Requested laboratories
reporting notifiable conditions
electronically to add influenza
result notifications