Our Services
Public Health Nurses assist the Public and area providers by:
- Investigating and intervening for potential communicable disease outbreaks
- Assuring correct reporting of governmentally required reportable diseases.
- Educating the public and providers regarding public health aspects of communicable diseases.
- Evaluation and treatment of potential and confirmed tuberculosis.
- Tuberculosis Skin Testing
Resources for the Public
Resources for Providers
- Pertussis Information for Providers.
- 2024 Reportable Diseases in Michigan – By Condition
- 2024 Reportable Diseases in Michigan – By Pathogens
- 2024 Health Care Professional’s Guide to Disease Reporting in Michigan
- MDHHS Communicable Diseases A-Z
- Managing Communicable Diseases in Schools
- Chicken Pox Letter for Providers
- MDHHS Michigan Emerging Diseases
- Van Buren Cass District Health Department COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORTING FORM
Resources for Schools
- 2024 Reportable Diseases in Michigan – By Condition
- 2024 Michigan Communicable Disease Surveillance and Reporting Changes
- LARA/MDHHS Managing Communicable Diseases in Child Care Settings
- Updated 01/24/2022: LARA Guidelines for Safe Childcare Operations During COVID-19
- Center for Disease Control – CDC
- 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
- www.michigan.gov/MONKEYPOX