Containing Diseases
On any given day, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health may be working to contain an infectious disease. Public Health staff often learn of such diseases from doctors’ offices, child care facilities, school nurses, hospitals and sometimes, the clients themselves. Once these “disease detectives” receive information about a possible or confirmed case, an investigation begins.
Public Health staff and nurses try to answer the question: What is causing people to get sick?
Once they find the cause, they keep looking to answer the key question: How can it be prevented from happening to other people?
