Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter II - Sexually Transmitted Disease › Section DHS 145.08 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this subchapter:
(1) "Case management" means the creation and
				  implementation of an individualized treatment plan for a person with
				  tuberculosis infection or disease that ensures that the person receives
				  appropriate treatment and support services in a timely, effective, and
				  coordinated manner.
(2)
				  "Confinement" means the restriction of a person with tuberculosis to a
				  specified place in order to prevent the transmission of the disease to others,
				  to prevent the development of drug-resistant organisms or to ensure that the
				  person receives a complete course of treatment.
(3) "Contact" means a person who shares air
				  with a person who has infectious tuberculosis.
(4) "Contact investigation" means the process
				  of identifying, examining, evaluating and treating a person at risk of
				  infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis due to recent exposure to infectious
				  tuberculosis or suspected tuberculosis.
(5) "Directly observed therapy" means the
				  ingestion of prescribed anti-tuberculosis medication that is observed by a
				  health care worker or other responsible person acting under the authority of
				  the local health department.
(6)
				  "Infectious tuberculosis" means tuberculosis disease of the respiratory tract
				  capable of producing infection or disease in others, as demonstrated by the
				  presence of acid-fast bacilli in the sputum or bronchial secretions, or by
				  radiographic and clinical findings.
(7) "Isolate" means a population of
				  Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria that has been obtained in pure culture
				  medium.
(8) "Isolation" means the
				  separation of persons with infectious tuberculosis from other persons, in a
				  place and under conditions that will prevent transmission of the
				  infection.
(9) "Licensed
				  prescriber" means an advanced practice nurse prescriber, a physician assistant,
				  or other person licensed to prescribe medication under Wisconsin law.
(10) "Public health dispensary" means a
				  program of a local health department or group of local health departments to
				  prevent and control tuberculosis disease and infection by the identification,
				  medical evaluation, treatment and management of persons at risk for
				  tuberculosis infection or disease.
(11) "Repository" means a central location at
				  the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene for receipt and storage of patient
				  isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
(12) "Sputum conversion" means the conversion
				  of serial sputum cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis from positive to
				  negative, in response to effective treatment.
(13) "Suspected tuberculosis" means an
				  illness marked by symptoms, signs, or laboratory tests that may be indicative
				  of infectious tuberculosis such as prolonged cough, prolonged fever,
				  hemoptysis, compatible radiographic findings or other appropriate medical
				  imaging findings.
(14)
				  "Tuberculosis disease" means an illness determined by clinical or laboratory
				  criteria or both to be caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
(15) "Tuberculosis infection" means an
				  infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a person who has no symptoms of
				  tuberculosis disease and is not infectious.