Section 690.580  Poliomyelitis (Reportable by telephone immediately (within three hours) upon initial clinical suspicion of the disease)

a)         Control of Case

Cases or suspected cases with polio who are not in the hospital shall isolate themselves at home, and shall be excluded from school, work, or any child care facility until the Department determines the person is no longer infectious and isolation is no longer needed.

b)         Control of Contacts

1)         Vaccination should begin for all susceptible contacts who have previously not been adequately immunized, even though these contacts may have already been infected.

2)         Susceptible contacts should be monitored for compatible symptoms for two weeks after date of last exposure.

c)         Laboratory Reporting

1)         Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients who have a positive result on any laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting polio virus infection.

2)         Laboratories shall forward clinical materials to the Department's laboratory for confirmation within 24 hours after preliminary findings.

3)         Laboratories shall report to the local health authority any request for polio testing as soon as possible, within three hours.

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 4098, effective February 27, 2024)