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Epidemiology Department
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921 East Third Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403
(423)209-8190 (423)209-8191 fax
Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
After Hours Emergency Contact
(423)209-8010
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Margaret Zylstra, BSN, Epidemiology Manager
margaretz@hamiltonTN.gov
Bev Fulbright, RN, Epidemiology Nurse
bevf@hamiltonTN.gov
Sarah Stuart Sloan, MPH, Epidemiologist
sarahs@hamiltonTN.gov
Sue Mason, RN, Epidemiology Nurse
suem@hamiltonTN.gov
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The purpose of the Epidemiology (Epi)
Department is to reduce the occurrence and
prevent the spread of disease in Hamilton
County. This is accomplished through many
activities including community education, data
gathering and analysis, disease investigations,
surveillance of disease syndromes, and reporting
disease information to the Tennessee Dept of
Health's Communicable and Environmental
Disease Services.
Hospitals, laboratories, physician offices, and
clinics are required by Tennessee state law to
report notifiable diseases to the health
department. Click here to access the TN
Reportable Disease List and Report Form.
Reports of a communicable disease can be
mailed, faxed, or called into the Epi Department.
Diseases that require immediate telephone
reporting can be called to the above number at
any time. To reach staff on-call after hours, dial
(423)209-8010.
Reports of tuberculosis should be called to (423)
209-8266.
When a report of a notifiable disease is received
by the health department, a nurse in the Epi
department interviews the patient or family
member to determine possible causes and risk
factors associated with the disease. The goal of
gathering this data and doing follow-up
investigations on certain diseases is to prevent
disease spread in the community.
The monitoring of data from a variety of other
sources will assist the health department in the
rapid detection of a potential disease outbreak or
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Epidemiology Newsletters
March 2010 May 2008
August 2009 Feb 2008
February 2009 October 2007
October 2008 January 2007
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Surveillance Data for Hamilton County
Data Updated Weekly
TN Department of Health Surveillance Data
Hamilton County Counts of Reportable Diseases by Year
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Dept Influenza Surveillance
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Education is an important component of disease prevention. Information on specific diseases can be found at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website www.cdc.gov. In addition, the Epi department has developed various fact sheets that can be printed and used for patient education.
DISEASE FACT SHEETS
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