Communicable Disease Programs
Many infectious diseases are easily spread, and in different ways – air droplets, body fluids, contaminated surfaces, animal or insect bites, or contaminated food or water. The health department works to reduce the risk of spread by tracking infectious diseases to their source and notifying people who have been exposed. For information about how you can prevent exposure to an infectious disease please visit the CDC web site.
Programs
For all the latest information on COVID-19, please visit this link. You'll find up to the date information on vaccination clinics, testing, data and more.
Below are the STI/HIV screening recommendations. If you are not sure if you should be tested or have questions, call 541-322-7155 to speak with a staff member.
Chlamydia and gonorrhea
- At least annually for sexually active people <25 years old
- At least annually for sexually active adults 25 or older if potential exposure to STIs or HIV
- Rectal and pharyngeal testing recommended for people engaging in oral and/or anal sex
Syphilis
Many clinics in Deschutes County offer testing for Tuberculosis. If there is a positive test, Deschutes County Health Services is involved in finding out where each person may have become infected and to whom they may have passed the bacteria.
