The population health nurse is reviewing reporting requirements for communicable diseases. In which class should the nurse place the reporting of the common cold?
1. Extremely urgent.
2. Urgent.
3. To be reported in the next cycle.
4. Not to be reported.
Answer: 4
Explanation: 4. The common cold is not an identified disease that needs to be reported in the United States. In the United States, three categories of diseases are reportable at the national level. The first category includes diseases that are extremely urgent and should be reported to CDC within four hours by telephone, followed by electronic submission of a report the next business day. Extremely urgent diseases include anthrax, botulism, plague, paralytic polio; SARS-associated coronavirus, smallpox, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. Urgent diseases are to be reported by telephone within 24 hours, with an electronic report with the next regularly scheduled electronic data submission. The final category encompasses diseases to be reported in the next regular reporting cycle.
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