Office of Communicable Diseases

Information for Health Care Providers

Spotlights

Guidelines for Investigating Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
The procedures described in these guidelines cover the initial investigations (on site and epidemiological) of a foodborne illness; the exchange of data and information associated with an outbreak between and among the three units within HEALTH; and laboratory support for the testing of clinical specimens, and food samples.

Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care--Associated Pneumonia, 2003

West Nile Virus

Lyme Disease

Biological Threat Agents

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

The RI School Nurse Teachers Infectious Disease Reference Manual 2003 (5.7 MB, 291 pages)