Section 690.495  Listeriosis (when both mother and newborn are positive, report mother only) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically as soon as possible, within 7 days)

a)         Control of Case.

1)         Standard Precautions shall be followed.

2)         If a cluster of cases is identified, the local health authority shall look for evidence of infection from a common source.

b)         Control of Contacts. No restrictions.

c)         Laboratory Reporting.

1)         Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients from whom Listeria monocytogenes has been cultured from a normally sterile site or patients who have a positive result on any other laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting Listeria monocytogenes.

2)         Laboratories shall forward clinical materials from a normally sterile site that are positive for Listeria monocytogenes to the Department's laboratory.

3)         Laboratories shall report and submit to the Department's laboratory any food or environmental Listeria isolates resulting from an outbreak investigation.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 3777, effective March 3, 2008)