Job Description:

• 1) Investigates reported cases of communicable diseases and advises exposed persons to obtain medical treatment and to prevent further spread of disease: Locates and interviews exposed person, using information obtained from records of state or local public health departments and from individual already under treatment for communicable disease.

• 2) Advises person to obtain treatment from private physician or public health clinic.

• 3) May take blood sample to assist in identifying presence of disease in suspected victim.

• 4) Questions exposed person to obtain information concerning other persons who may have received exposure.

• 5) Conducts follow-up interviews with patients and suspected carriers.

• 6) Writes report of activities and findings.

• 7) Visits physicians, laboratories, and community health facilities to stimulate reporting of cases and to provide information about government-sponsored health programs concerning immunization efforts, VD control, mosquito abatement, and rodent control.