The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published a final notice under provisions of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 addressing notification procedures for medical facilities and state public health officers and their designated officers regarding exposure of emergency response employees to potentially life-threatening infectious diseases. The notice sets forth CDC's final list of diseases, final guidelines describing circumstances under which exposure to listed diseases may occur, and final guidelines for determining whether an exposure to the listed diseases has occurred. The list of diseases and guidelines will be effective Dec. 2, 2011.
