Head of service
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About the service
The Hygiene and Epidemiology Service monitors hygiene and epidemiological conditions in living and working environments, trends in infectious diseases and factors that may affect public health. It carries out surveillance, preventive measures and activities aimed at protecting public health.
A particular part of its work concerns immunisation, epidemiological investigations, monitoring high-risk situations, and carrying out disinfection, insect control and rodent control measures.
The service performs the following duties: monitoring and studying hygiene and epidemiological conditions in workplaces and homes, and the occurrence and trends of infectious diseases and chronic non-communicable diseases; conducting epidemiological investigations in working and living environments, schools and preschool institutions; monitoring carriers of pathogens; providing quarantine monitoring; monitoring the administration of all mandatory and non-mandatory immunisations; and carrying out preventive and epidemic-control disinfection, insect control and rodent control.
Service organisation
The service is organised to provide public health support to the institution and the community. Under the staffing and organisational structure, its main areas are:
- Monitoring the epidemiological situation in the municipality
- Surveillance of infectious diseases and carriers
- Monitoring and administering mandatory and recommended immunisations
- Preventive and epidemic control measures
- Health education and cooperation with other services