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Policies Reporting Notifiable Diseases

The document outlines the policies and procedures for reporting notifiable diseases at Deseret SurgiMed Hospital. It states that any patient diagnosed with a communicable disease must follow medical advice on isolation. It also requires the hospital to report any suspected cases of diseases in Category 1 to local health authorities within 24 hours. All cases of diseases in Category 2 must be reported weekly. The medical records department is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting disease surveillance data and alerting the infection control officer.

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Policies Reporting Notifiable Diseases

The document outlines the policies and procedures for reporting notifiable diseases at Deseret SurgiMed Hospital. It states that any patient diagnosed with a communicable disease must follow medical advice on isolation. It also requires the hospital to report any suspected cases of diseases in Category 1 to local health authorities within 24 hours. All cases of diseases in Category 2 must be reported weekly. The medical records department is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting disease surveillance data and alerting the infection control officer.

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DESERET SurgiMed HOSPITAL

Nat’l Highway, Kabacan, North Cotabato


Contact no. (064) 248 24 94/ email add: [email protected]

Area: ER, WARDS, ISOLATION ROOM, LABORATORY Document code # : _________________


Process owner: Nursing Service, Medical technologists, Revision #.:_______________________
Physicians
Title: POLICIES AND PROCEDURE IN Effectivity Date: August 29, 2017
REPORTING NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. Number of Pages: 4

I. POLICY:

Any member of the Hospital, patients and/or visitor,who has been


diagnosed with (or suspects a diagnosis of) a communicabledisease that
could be spread through routine contact must heed medical advice on
appropriate isolation until theyno longer havethecommunicabledisease or
the communicabledisease is no longer transmissible through ‘routine’
contactor as determined by a medical professional.

Any member of DSMH, who knows that they have a communicable


disease has an obligation to minimize physical contact with other
members of the hospital.

II. PURPOSE:
Data are used to monitor short- and long-term trends, to alert health
professionals to important changes in trends, and to estimate the
magnitude of morbidity and mortality.

III. PROCEDURES:
1. The hospital must abide with the Department of Health Administrative
Order 2008-009 regarding the reporting of infection to public health
agencies.

2. The hospital must maintain a safe, sanitary working condition.

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approved by:

MARIA CICELIA G. PASCUAL, RN DR. EDWIN JOHN C. LIMJUCO, MHcA DR. IRECSON S. CASTEEL,MD ,DPBO,FPOA,MAHA

Nurse Supervisor Chief of Clinics Medical Director


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DESERET SurgiMed HOSPITAL
Nat’l Highway, Kabacan, North Cotabato
Contact no. (064) 248 24 94/ email add: [email protected]

Area: ER, WARDS, ISOLATION ROOM, LABORATORY Document code # : _________________


Process owner: Nursing Service, Medical technologists, Revision #.:_______________________
Physicians
Title: POLICIES AND PROCEDURE IN Effectivity Date: August 29, 2017
REPORTING NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. Number of Pages: 4

3. From the emergency room, any patient suspected to have diseases that
belong to Category 1 in Administrative Order 2008-009, the admitting
nurse records shall notify Medical Records in charge immediately. Then
the medical records officer will inform the Rural Health Center within 24
hours or by the fastest means possible. The disease or syndrome under
this category includes:

➢ Acute Flaccid Paralysis


➢ Adverse Event Following Immunization
➢ Anthrax
➢ Human Avian Influenza
➢ Measles
➢ Meningococcal Disease
➢ Neonatal Tetanus
➢ Paralysis Shellfish Poisoning
➢ Rabies
➢ Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
➢ Outbreaks
➢ Cluster of Disease
➢ Unusual Diseases or Threats

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approved by:

MARIA CICELIA G. PASCUAL, RN DR. EDWIN JOHN C. LIMJUCO, MHcA DR. IRECSON S. CASTEEL,MD ,DPBO,FPOA,MAHA

Nurse Supervisor Chief of Clinics Medical Director


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DESERET SurgiMed HOSPITAL
Nat’l Highway, Kabacan, North Cotabato
Contact no. (064) 248 24 94/ email add: [email protected]

Area: ER, WARDS, ISOLATION ROOM, LABORATORY Document code # : _________________


Process owner: Nursing Service, Medical technologists, Revision #.:_______________________
Physicians
Title: POLICIES AND PROCEDURE IN Effectivity Date: August 29, 2017
REPORTING NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. Number of Pages: 4
4. All cases of notifiable diseases and syndromes should be collated daily by
the Medical Records in charge using case report form. The said report
specifically the (PIDSAR) Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and
response should be submitted weekly to the Municipal Rural Health Unit.
The diseases or syndromes under this category includes:

➢ Acute Bloody Diarrhea


➢ Acute Encephalitis Syndrome
➢ Acute Hemorrhagic Fever Syndrome
➢ Acute Viral Hepatitis
➢ Bacterial Meningitis
➢ Cholera
➢ Dengue
➢ Diphtheria
➢ Influenza-like illness
➢ Leptospirosis
➢ Malaria
➢ Non-Neonatal Tetanus
➢ Pertussis
➢ Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever

5. Second copies are to be kept in the medical records section for safe
keeping and for future references. Based on the Administrative Order, the

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approved by:

MARIA CICELIA G. PASCUAL, RN DR. EDWIN JOHN C. LIMJUCO, MHcA DR. IRECSON S. CASTEEL,MD ,DPBO,FPOA,MAHA

Nurse Supervisor Chief of Clinics Medical Director


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DESERET SurgiMed HOSPITAL
Nat’l Highway, Kabacan, North Cotabato
Contact no. (064) 248 24 94/ email add: [email protected]

Area: ER, WARDS, ISOLATION ROOM, LABORATORY Document code # : _________________


Process owner: Nursing Service, Medical technologists, Revision #.:_______________________
Physicians
Title: POLICIES AND PROCEDURE IN Effectivity Date: August 29, 2017
REPORTING NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. Number of Pages: 4
data collected are analyzed and the results used to monitor progress
towards disease reduction.

6. The outcome of the collated data will also be reported to the infection
Control Officer. Activities are then performed to prevent the spread and
outbreak of the disease.

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approved by:

MARIA CICELIA G. PASCUAL, RN DR. EDWIN JOHN C. LIMJUCO, MHcA DR. IRECSON S. CASTEEL,MD ,DPBO,FPOA,MAHA

Nurse Supervisor Chief of Clinics Medical Director


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