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School Disease Reporting

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School Communicable Disease Reporting Handbook 8-2021

NEW: 2022 REPORTABLE DISEASES IN MICHIGAN – BY CONDITION

Online Reporting:

9/30/2021: Links to online reporting forms are changed. Please update your links and bookmarks.

  • Cass County Weekly Communicable Disease Reporting

  • Van Buren County Weekly Communicable Disease Reporting


Updated 01/24/2022: LARA Guidelines for Safe Childcare Operations During COVID-19

 


Contact Numbers for Information and Assistance

 

Cass County Communicable Disease Nurse:
Diana Baker, RN

Phone: 269.782.0064 ext. 2015
Location information and mapLearn what schools and childcare providers can do to prevent the flu. Material and tools are available.

Van Buren County Communicable Disease Nurse:
Julie Beeching, RN

Phone: 269.621.3143 ext. 1392
Location information and map


Resources

 

  • MDHHS   Managing Communicable Diseases in Schools (Version 4.0 July 2020)
  • LARA/MDHHS    Managing Communicable Diseases in Child Care Settings
  • www.cdc.gov
  • MDHHS  Bed Bugs: What Schools Need to Know
  • MDHHS   Communicable Diseases A-Z
  • MDHHS   Head Lice Manual
  • MDHHS   Influenza information for Schools and Childcare Settings
  • CDC   MRSA Information for School & Daycare
  • MDHHS   Scabies Prevention and Control Manual
  • www.michigan.gov/coronavirus

 

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News from the Van Buren/Cass District Health Department

ALL individuals entering the Van Buren/Cass District Health Department are REQUIRED to wear a FACE COVERING (mask).

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Office Locations

UPDATE:  As of Monday, May 3, 2021: Our Hartford & Mattawan facilities moved and merged into one new Lawrence location.

Van Buren/Cass District Health Department’s NEW Public Health Education Facility at 260 South Street, Lawrence, MI 49064

 
Lawrence – Administration ~ Community Dental Clinic ~ Environmental Health ~ Public Health Nursing
260 South Street
Lawrence, MI 49064
269-621-3143 / Get Directions »

 
Dowagiac – Community Dental Clinic ~ Environmental Health ~ Public Health Nursing
302 S. Front St
Dowagiac, MI 49047
269-782-0064 / Get Directions »

 
Hartford & Mattawan – these locations were closed, ALL services are being provided in our Lawrence and Dowagiac offices

Hours of Operation

Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

(*The Dowagiac office Environmental Health and Public Health Nursing hours may differ, it is recommended that you call 269-782-0064 to confirm staff availability.)


For an After Hours Public Health Emergency contact the appropriate county Sheriff Dispatch.

Van Buren County: phone  269-657-3101

Cass County: phone 269-445-1560

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