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Epidemiology Department - Clinical Services
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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.
Click here for the 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
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Epidemiology Newsletters
July 2010
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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