Communicable Disease Control
Standards

Information and Data

This standard examines the agency’s ability to collect, analyze, and disseminate locally relevant communicable disease data.

 

Community Partnership

This standard demonstrates how the agency participates and provides leadership in community partnerships concerning communicable disease management. 

 

Surveillance, Intervention and Control

These standards examine the ability of the agency to conduct a communicable disease investigation, educate the public, and assure appropriate treatment is available. 

 

Evaluation

In this standard, the agency demonstrates how to implement a culture of quality improvement using nationally recognized tools and resources to determine how effectively it handles disease investigations, outbreaks, and determines how to improve investigations in the future.