Body Key Messages An increase in measles cases has been confirmed in California in recent weeks, with six cases being reported in the last week. Two of those cases were among Orange County residents. Health care providers should consider measles in persons presenting with a fever, rash, and other symptoms consistent...

Body Community urged to ensure immunity (Santa Ana, CA) – The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) received notification of a confirmed case of measles who visited Orange County (OC). While infectious, this individual visited the following OC locations: Thursday, 1/22/26 Disneyland Park, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Disney California Adventure Park...

Body The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) received notification of a confirmed case of measles who visited Orange County (OC). While infectious, this individual visited the following OC locations: Disneyland Park, Thursday, January 22 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Disney California Adventure Park, January 22 from 3:00 p.m. to closing...

Body Behavioral Health Services General Policies and Procedures Care and Treatment Policy Client Rights Human Resources Administration Information Management Quality Improvement Compliance Plans Medi-Cal Managed Care I. Care and Treatment Policy Title Number Last Revised Access to Specialty Mental Health Services for out of County Beneficiaries 01.01.01 8/3/16 Presumptive Transfer (AB...

Body All County clients have certain rights with respect to their privacy. Your Protected Health Information, or PHI, is covered by HIPAA, and a variety of other state and federal laws. These laws require us to provide clients with a copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices if we are your...

Body Program Description We are a Public Health Nurse visitation program for prenatal and parenting women, focused on women who have substance use disorder and/or HIV infection. The program also provides nurse visits to Medically High-Risk Newborns (MHRN).  Program Goals To address pregnancy concerns To educate about managing health conditions To...

Body ***OCEMS Does not offer on-site / in-person appointments for EMT Certification / Licensing*** ***The entire EMT application process can be completed online*** ***Any questions may be directed to the EMS Licensing Desk at emslicensing@ochca.com *** Online Licensing Orange County EMS provides applications for each of the licensing levels through our...

Body TEST NAME Gonorrhea Culture DEPARTMENT BACT TESTS B12 DESCRIPTION Screening procedure for the isolation, identification and confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae utilizing conventional biochemical testing and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of resolution (MALDI-TOF) techniques. Antimicrobial susceptibility to cefixime, ceftriaxone, azithromycin by gradient strip. SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS SPECIMEN: Female endocervical or male...

Body TEST NAME Gonorrhea, Reference Culture for Identification DEPARTMENT BACT TESTS B13 DESCRIPTION Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture identification utilizing conventional biochemical testing and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of resolution (MALDI-TOF) techniques. Antimicrobial susceptibility to cefixime, ceftriaxone, azithromycin by gradient strip. SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS SPECIMEN: Pure culture isolate CONTAINER: Chocolate Agar Slant COLLECTION...