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Clackamas County health officer outlines how local infectious disease team prevents and responds to outbreaks
Summary
Dr. Sarah Preston, Clackamas County health officer, described the county's infectious disease control and prevention program, how it handles reportable illnesses, and a 2014 hepatitis A response that used rapid public notification and a vaccine clinic to limit spread.
Dylan Blaylock, host with Clackoworks and Clackamas County Public and Government Affairs, interviewed Dr. Sarah Preston, Clackamas County health officer and family physician, about the county's infectious disease control and prevention work.
Preston said her statutory role is "to provide medical and clinical advice to the local public health director on all aspects of public health work" and that the infectious disease team takes reports of legally reportable diseases, investigates them and works to prevent spread. "The infectious disease control and prevention program is... where they are taking reports of reportable diseases, investigating them, and preventing spread," she said.
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