Public Health Disclosure TB:
All homeless persons are at risk for TB. Any homeless person with a new cough or change in cough for three weeks or with pulmonary symptoms suggestive of pneumonia
must have CXR.
There is a rise in the incidence of communicable diseases. In order to effectively manage client illnesses, CMIS requires that you report communicable diseases. This
includes but is not limited to TB, VRE, MRSA, C-DIFF.
If a patient has been identified to have scabies it is required that they have undergone treatment and have been cleared prior to admitting to the CMIS Program