Once a diagnosis of syphilis is confirmed, the nurse understands that she must report the illness to which entity?
a. The World Health Organization (WHO)
b. The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention (CDC)
c. The hospital infection control department
d. The local public health agency
D
STIs are reported to the local public health agency for accumulation by the CDC. The local public health agency will get in touch with the sexual contacts of the patient and attempt to initiate treatment.
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