Section 690.605  Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection (Laboratory Confirmed Testing via ELR only, Pediatric Deaths and Intensive Care Unit Admissions (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 3 days))

a)         Control of Case

No specific restrictions.

b)         Control of Cases

No specific restrictions.

c)         The death of a child younger than 5 years of age with laboratory-confirmed RSV shall be reported (see Section 690.200 for mandated reporters and reporting procedures).  There should have been no period of recovery between illness and death.

d)         Laboratory

1)         Laboratories shall report all positive laboratory results for RSV to the Department via the Department's electronic lab reporting (ELR) system in a manner and on a schedule prescribed by the Department.  Laboratories unable to submit results to the Department via the Department's ELR shall contact the Department for instructions on how to submit results.

2)         Laboratories shall forward to the Department's laboratory clinical materials that are positive for RSV from RSV death cases younger than 5 years of age.

(Source:  Added at 48 Ill. Reg. 4098, effective February 27, 2024)