Healthcare Provider Resources
If you are a provider notifying us of a reportable disease, we are on call 24/7 to respond. You can call us at 920-232-3000 with a Category I disease, or fax a case report of a Category II disease to 920-232-3370.
DHS Disease Reporting Guidelines
View our Quarterly Communicable Disease reports, or sign up to receive them in your inbox.
Outbreak Guidelines:
A Gastrointestinal (GI) outbreak is defined as 3 or more residents and/or staff from the same unit/work area with the same GI symptoms that occur within 72 hours of each other. The predominant illness is norovirus.
A respiratory outbreak is defined as 3 or more residents and/or staff from the same unity/work are with illness onset within 72 hours of each other who have pneumonia, ARI, or laboratory confirmed viral or bacterial infection (including influenza).
Please report an outbreak as soon as it is identified by calling Winnebago County Public Health at 920-232-3000, or by email at wchdcd@winnebagocountywi.gov
Resources:
Free HIV and STD tests from DHS
HIV testing and counseling from Winnebago County Public Health
