Outbreak Control Guidelines for Vaccine Preventable Diseases

• Chapter 1 - Diphtheria (PDF)
• Chapter 2 - HIB (PDF)
• Chapter 3 - Measles (PDF)
  • Measles Diagnostic Testing Decision Tree (PDF)
  • Measles Outbreak Control Decision Tree (PDF)
• Chapter 4 - Mumps (PDF)
  • When Mumps is Mumps (PDF)
• Chapter 5 - Pertussis (PDF)
  • Pertussis: CDESS Outbreak Categorization, 2022 (PDF)
  • Pertussis Outbreak Control Decision Tree (PDF)
  • Guidance on Pertussis Control for Health Care Providers (PDF)
  • When the Cough is Pertussis (PDF)
  • Letter of Guidance for Parents and Clinicians during Outbreaks, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Chapter 6 - Rubella (PDF)
• Chapter 7 - Tetanus (PDF)
• Chapter 8 - Varicella (PDF)
• Appendix 1 – VPD Cheat Sheet (PDF)
• VPD Cheat Sheet printable to legal size paper (PDF)

Acronyms

• Printable Outbreak Control Guidelines for Vaccine Preventable Diseases - Acronyms (PDF)

ACIP

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CSF

Cerebral Spinal Fluid

CSTE

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

DFA

Direct Florescent Antibody

DOB

Date of Birth

HCP

Health Care Personnel

IgG

Immunoglobulin G antibody

IgM

Immunoglobulin M antibody

LHD

Local Health Department

NCIRD

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

NYS

New York State

NYSDOH

New York State Department of Health

PCR

Polymerase Chain Reaction

RT-PCR

Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction

Please note that New York State uses the CSTE case definitions to provide uniform criteria for reporting diseases.