173 Reportable Disease Guides

• Nebraska Reportable Diseases Title 173 Regulations
• Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Reportable Conditions
• Culture Dependent – Quick Shipping Guide
• Culture Independent – Quick Shipping Guide

Recent Health Alerts

• Seasonal Influenza & Respiratory Updates for Clinicians:
• Fungal Meningitis in U.S. Patients who underwent surgical procedures in Mexico
• Mpox
  • Mpox HAN CDC Health Update: Potential Risk for New Mpox Cases
  • Mpox HAN Health Alert Network (HAN) - 00501 | Mpox Caused by Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox Virus with Geographic Spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (cdc.gov)
• Ticks-Borne Disease and Nebraska
• Lyme Disease and Nebraska

Seasonal

• Mpox
  • Collection
• Winter
  • Influenza
    • Collection & Handling, Influenza and SARS Co-V2
    • Nasopharyngeal swab collection (video)
    • NPHL Collection and Transport Information

Current Concerns in Nebraska

• Multidrug Resistant Organisms
• Resistant Neisseria gonorrhea
• C. auris

Highly Hazardous Communicable Pathogens (HHCP)

• Frontline Procedure
• Presentation PPT
• HHCP Transport Cooler Documents
  • Collection Checklist
  • Courier Maps
  • Infectious Substances Emergency Response Guide
  • Chain of Custody (triple copy)