Section 410IAC1-2.5-88. Chancroid; specific control measures

   The specific control measures for chancroid (infectious agent: Haemophilus ducreyi) are as follows:

(1) An investigation by the local health officer shall be:

(A) performed within seventy-two (72) hours; and

(B) focused on identifying sexual partners who were at risk for transmitting to, or contracting the infection from, the case.

Case and contacts shall be fully evaluated and treated as recommended in the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, December 17, 2010, Volume 59, No. RR-12.

(2) Standard precautions are required. Avoid sexual contact until all lesions are healed.

(3) Concurrent disinfection is not required.

(4) Quarantine is not required.

(5) Immunization is not available. Sexual contacts shall receive prophylactic treatment.

(6) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists set the standard clinical and laboratory case definition.

(Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 1-2.5-88; filed Nov 25, 2015, 2:54 p.m.: 20151223-IR-410150039FRA)