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DPH Communicable Diseases Memos

The Division of Public Health (DPH) Bureau of Communicable Diseases (BCD) issues memos to update providers and interested parties of important information.

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Memo number Title Issue date Discontinued date Attachments
BCD 2022-13a Recommendations for COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Among Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (En Espanol) (PDF)
BCD 2022-13 Recommendations for COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Among Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (PDF)
BCD 2022-12 Influenza Testing and Variant Influenza A Virus Detection
BCD 2022-11 At-Home COVID-19 Antigen Testing Use and Reporting (PDF)
BCD 2022-10 COVID-19 Vaccination for Wisconsin’s Youngest Children - To Pharmacists (PDF)
BCD 2022-09 COVID-19 Vaccination for Wisconsin’s Youngest Children - To Pediatricians (PDF)
BCD 2022-08a Recommendations for COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Among Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (En Espanol)
Replaced by:
Recommendations for COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Among Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (En Espanol)
BCD 2022-08 Recommendations for COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Among Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers
Replaced by:
Recommendations for COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Among Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers
BCD 2022-07 COVID-19 Oral Antivirals Medications for Long-Term Care Residents (PDF)
BCD 2022-06 Surveillance for Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CP-CRAB), Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CP-CRPA), and Candida auris (PDF)
BCD 2022-05 Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) as a Reportable Condition in Wisconsin (PDF)
BCD 2022-04 Updated SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory Data Reporting Guidance Effective April 4, 2022
Replaced by:
BCD 2023-05
BCD 2022-03 Reporting of Treponemal and Non-Treponemal Syphilis Testing and the Correct Syphilis Testing Algorithm for CDC Defined Reverse Sequence Syphilis Testing (PDF)
BCD 2022-02 Standing Order for Distribution of COVID-19 At-Home Antigen Test Kits (PDF)
BCD 2022-01 Prioritization of Highest Impact Public Health Response Activities (PDF)
BCD 2021-13 Prevention and Control of Acute Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
Replaced by:
Preventing and Controlling Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
BCD 2021-12 Public Health Advisory: Anticipated Surge in COVID-19 Disease Activity due to Omicron Variant (PDF)
BCD 2021-11 Prevention and Control of Acute Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
Replaced by:
Preventing and Controlling Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
BCD 2021-10 Considerations for Confirmatory Testing of COVID-19 Point-of-Care Tests (PDF)
BCD 2021-09 Increased Incidence of Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (PDF)
BCD 2021-08 Standing Prescription Order for COVID-19 Vaccines (PDF)
BCD 2021-07 Revised COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Ordering Process (PDF)
BCD 2021-06 DHS Requests Nursing Homes Join Hospitals in Wisconsin to Use the EMResource Bed Tracking System for Health Care Entities (PDF)
BCD 2021-05 Increased Reports of Laboratory-Confirmed Cases of Legionellosis (Legionnaires’ Disease)
Replaced by:
Legionellosis (Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever)
BCD-2021-04 Increased Reports of Laboratory-Confirmed Cases of Cyclosporiasis (PDF)

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Last revised December 29, 2025