Shigellosis

01. Restrictions - Daycare Facility. (3-17-22) a. A person excreting Shigella must not attend a daycare facility while fecally incontinent. (3-17-22) b. A person excreting Shigella must not work in any occupation in which they provide personal care to children in a daycare facility while the disease is present in a communicable form, unless an exemption is obtained from the Department or Health District. During an outbreak in a daycare facility, a cohort system may be approved. (3-17-22) c. The Department or Health District may withdraw the daycare restriction when the person has provided two (2) successive approved fecal specimens collected at least twenty-four (24) hours apart that fail to show Shigella upon testing by a licensed laboratory. (3-17-22) 02. Restrictions - Health Care Facility. (3-17-22) IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE IDAPA 16.02.10 Department of Health and Welfare Idaho Reportable Diseases Section 710 Page 32 a. A person excreting Shigella must not work in any occupation in which they provide personal care to persons who are confined to a health care facility while the disease is present in a communicable form, unless an exemption is obtained from the Department or Health District. During an outbreak in a facility, a cohort system may be approved. (3-17-22) b. The Department or Health District may withdraw the health care facility restriction when the employee has provided two (2) successive approved fecal specimens collected at least twenty-four (24) hours apart that fail to show Shigella upon testing by a licensed laboratory. (3-17-22) c. During an outbreak in a facility, a cohort system may be approved. (3-17-22) 03. Restrictions - Household Contacts. No member of a household, in which there is a case of shigellosis, may work in any occupations in this Section, unless the Department or Health District approves and at least one (1) approved fecal specimen is negative for Shigella upon testing by a licensed laboratory. (7-1-26) 701. – 709. (RESERVED)