DAY 6 : JITRA

CDC NOTIFICATION PROCESS

• ORGANIZATION CHART
  
  Pegawai kesihatan Daerah 1
  Dr Nor Azian Bt AbdulWahab
  
  Pegawai Kesihatan Daerah 2
  Dr Azilan Abdullah
  
  Ketua Unit PPKP Kanan
  En Hussain B. Yusoff
  
  PPKP Unit CDC
  Pn Nor Diana Bt Nanyan
  
  PPKP Unit CDC (HIV/AIDS & TIBI)
  En Osman B.Ali
  
  
  RESPONSIBILITIES OF CDC UNIT
  
  1) Record all the communicable diseases in daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.
  2) Prepare reports on daily,weekly, 3 months, 6 months and yearly basis regarding communicable diseases as being instructed from time to time.
  3) Conduct immediate investigations for any notified diseases to identify the source of the disease and control its spread.
  4) Carry out ‘Disinfection’ and ‘Disinfestation’ procedures.
  5) Analyse all the investigated cases besides recommending proper preventive and control measures to District Health Officer.
  6) Give vaccination to the affected patients to avoid the spread of the disease.
  7) Collect specimens such as blood,stool, vomitus, sputum, food particles and etc. for investigation purposes to detect the disease.
  8) Working as a member of Health Team regarding communicable diseases.
  9) Prepare and update all the dates, graphs and maps regarding communicable diseases.
  10) Analyze all the collected data’s and submit its report to District Health Officer.
  11) Identify and detect the patient in order to control the spread of the diseases.
  12) File court orders against cases which related to communicable diseases.
  13) Conduct epidemiological studies on communicable diseases control and its surveillance control.
  14) Educate public regarding preventive and control measures of the communicable disease.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  LIST OF NOTIFIABLE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE


• Chancroid


• Cholera


• Dengue Fever and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever


• Diptheria


• Dysentry


• Food Poisoning


• Gonococcal infections


• HIV (all form)


• Leprosy


• Malaria


• Measles


• Plague


• Poliomyelitis


• Rabies


• Relapsing Fever


• Syphilis (all form)


• Tetanus (All form)


• Tuberculosis (all form)


• Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever


• Typhus and other Rickettsioses


• Viral Encephalitis


• Viral Hepatitis


• Whooping cough


• Yellow Fever.

PROCESS OF NOTIFIATION(SUMMARY)



1. Disease is suspected.
2. Notification form by Medical Officers but Telephone notification is done for certain diseases immediately.
3. Completed form will be sent through (hand,post, online and fax)
4. Records are updated.
5. Investigations are done










PIC 1: An icelined cooler for vaccination storage.

PIC 2: Confusion during the AIMST team visit.

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